eCommerce driving air cargo market’s growth


Rapid expansion: A China Southern Airlines plane in Beijing. The airline set up a new route flying cargo to London, earlier this month — Reuters

Beijing: The rise of cross-border eCommerce is lifting the global air cargo market like never before, with China leading the way, boosted by the “Air Silk Road” or air routes that connect the country with the economies participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, industry experts say.

From flowers and fruits to consumer electronics containing lithium-ion batteries, all are par for the air-cargo course now, they said.

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