SF Express to build first freight hub airport in central China

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By Alex Lennane

07/08/2015

Chinese logistics company SF Express is to build its own freight hub airport in Hubei province, probably at Yanji Town. The aim is to boost logistics efficiencies and cut costs, while giving the company more distribution flexibility. It plans to complete the airport by 2020, when its projected freighter fleet will have reached 100 aircraft.

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