News / Cargolux Zhengzhou services ready for take off, but they could start a 'price war'

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Cargolux announced yesterday that its new Zhengzhou flights, instigated at the insistence of new shareholder HNCA, will launch on April 24.

The carrier will operate a series of charter flights before it begins the four-times-a-week service, routed via Baku.

One source familiar with the situation said: “A stop in Baku will help fill the aircraft with oil and gas cargo, avoid paying Russian overflight fees and make the numbers look better.”

A Cargolux statement notes that “Zhengzhou is ideally located in central China ...