News / Ecommerce provides some cheer in a muted air cargo peak season

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Cross-border ecommerce continues to bring a little cheer to what is likely to be a muted peak season for air cargo this year.

UK cargo airline European Cargo has increased the number of its weekly A340 freighter flights from Chengdu (CTU) in China to Bournemouth (BOH), on the south coast of England, from six to nine.

It means capacity on the ‘ecommerce’ route has tripled in the six months since Shenzhen Sharing Express Logistic-Tech launched the first all-cargo service on the route, ...