News / Malaysia will leverage new Cainiao centre to develop as an air cargo hub

Cainiao Aeropols eWTP (credit Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd)

Malaysia hopes to position itself as an air cargo hub in the Asia Pacific, after Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba’s logistics offshoot, Cainiao, opened an air freight centre at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Cainiao Aeropolis eWTP (electronic World Trade Platform) began operating a year ago, but was officially opened on Monday.

Now, Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) hopes to double air cargo volumes, to 1.3m tonnes, by 2030 with growing e-commerce sales amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

MAHB MD Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said the Cainiao ...