The Belt and Road · Zero Distance | Staff of an "Air Silk Road" connecting the world | Luxembourg | Silk Road

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 15:05 PM

Zhengzhou/Luxembourg, August 7th, Xinhua News Agency - Question: An "Air Silk Road" Connecting the World

Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Wenzhe, Kang Yi, Zhang Jian

Late at night, people who have been working all day have fallen asleep. At the North Cargo Area of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, the staff of Luxembourg International Cargo Airlines Zhengzhou Station have just started their day's work.

The Belt and Road · Zero Distance | Staff of an "Air Silk Road" connecting the world | Luxembourg | Silk Road

On August 1st, at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China, staff drove a new energy trailer to unload a Luxembourg cargo plane. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

Starting to pick up and drop off flights at 2am every day is their normal work routine. Assembling, unloading, loading, dismantling... Chen Pengchao, the operation supervisor of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines Zhengzhou Station, checked the cargo information with colleagues while telling Xinhua News Agency

On August 1st, a Luxembourg cargo plane was loaded and ready to take off at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

In 2014, Henan Civil Aviation Development Investment Co., Ltd. acquired 35% equity of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, successfully building the Zhengzhou Luxembourg "Air Silk Road", and a "Silk Road Eagle" connecting the world took off. From the initial two flights per week to a maximum of 14 flights per week, the route currently covers 15 cities worldwide, including London, Chicago, and Milan.

The opening of this route greatly assists the development of related logistics enterprises. Guangzhou Langtian Supply Chain Co., Ltd. is a deep partner of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines and an international logistics service provider for Pinduoduo's North American e-commerce platform Temu. Shang Liang, Chairman of Guangzhou Langtian Supply Chain Co., Ltd., who is currently negotiating business in Zhengzhou, said that the company's business growth is due to the dense and guaranteed regular cargo flights of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines. At the same time, Zhengzhou Airport is located in a wide transportation network with convenient customs clearance. Goods are collected and distributed from China to Zhengzhou, and then transported to European countries through Luxembourg Cargo Airlines for customs clearance, which can be completed within three days, meeting the demand for timeliness and reliability of cross-border e-commerce goods.

This is a photo of the cargo plane on the Zhengzhou Luxembourg route carrying epidemic prevention materials, which was loaded and ready to take off at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China on March 22, 2020. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

"Zhengzhou has achieved full chain electronicization of air port transportation vehicle declaration, manifest transmission, data change, and release instructions, and achieved" instant pass "through checkpoints through the application of QR codes and intelligent locks." Yuan Kai, Deputy Director of Logistics Monitoring Department of Zhengzhou Airport Customs, said that in order to improve collection and distribution efficiency, the airport customs has also set up a "one-stop service window" to provide "7 x 24 hours" customs clearance services. For high-value vacuum packaged goods such as chips, integrated circuits, and precision instruments, a non-invasive inspection mode mainly based on machine inspection is adopted.

At present, Zhengzhou has established a one hour intercity railway metropolitan area, a 300 kilometer expressway coverage area, an 800 kilometer high-speed rail area, and an aviation network covering major economies around the world. Leveraging its aviation advantages, it has laid out aviation preference industry clusters such as intelligent terminals, precision machinery, and biomedicine. In 2022, the electronic information industry output value of Zhengzhou Airport Economic Comprehensive Experimental Zone exceeded 500 billion yuan.

In this win-win linkage, the Chinese market has become the main driving force for the operating performance and profit growth of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines. According to data from Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, the cargo volume on the Zhengzhou route of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines in 2017 was 10 times that of 2014. As a result, Luxembourg Cargo Airlines turned losses into profits, achieving a net profit of 122 million US dollars and rising from 9th place to 5th place among global all cargo companies. In 2022, the company's revenue was 5.1 billion US dollars and net profit was 1.6 billion US dollars, making it the most profitable year in the company's history.

In June of this year, Richard Ferguson, President and CEO of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, along with senior management and representatives of managers from the Asia Pacific region, held a professional manager meeting for Luxembourg Cargo Airlines in Zhengzhou. Fosun told Xinhua News Agency that Zhengzhou is the second "home" of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, and both the headquarters executives and regional managers of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines need to truly understand and familiarize themselves with this place.

On August 1st, at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China, Chen Pengchao, the operational supervisor of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines Zhengzhou Station, verified the loading information. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

Behind the location of the first Asia Pacific regional business meeting in Zhengzhou after the COVID-19 epidemic is Luxembourg Cargo's confidence in the future of the Chinese market and the sustainable and healthy development of the Chinese economy.

At present, Luxembourg Cargo Airlines has a total of 19 stations in Asia, with the Zhengzhou route network covering 8 stations. The Asia Pacific market has become an important business growth point for Luxembourg Cargo Airlines.

"The 'the Belt and Road' initiative is conducive to global development, and it connects China with hundreds of cities around the world." Claude Zeron, executive vice president of flight operations of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, will return to Zhengzhou in September after attending the professional managers' meeting in Zhengzhou. When he was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency in Luxembourg a few days ago, he said that during the COVID-19 epidemic, air cargo became an important part of the company's global logistics chain with its ability to transport emergency goods in a short time.

On August 1st, at the headquarters of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, Claude Zelun, Executive Vice President of Flight Operations of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, stood in front of the cargo plane model. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong

During the epidemic, the Zhengzhou Luxembourg route not only did not stop or cut off flights, but also increased flights to provide support for the transportation of special materials between China and Europe. During this period, 500000 medical surgical masks and 4500 medical protective clothing, as well as other epidemic prevention materials, carrying the message "friendship knows no borders and the world is like neighbors", flew from Zhengzhou to Luxembourg on a full cargo plane.

Not only that, this "Silk Road Eagle" also successfully completed the transportation task of oversized and unconventional sports equipment for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and once transported an indivisible 43 ton "Big Mac" equipment from Europe to Henan, timely ensuring the upgrading needs of the core power supply points of the central and eastern power grid in China.

When it comes to the future of the company, Zelun said that in order to better develop and combine with the development trends of the global aviation industry, Luxembourg Cargo Airlines has started investing in projects aimed at producing second-generation and third-generation civil aviation fuels.

This is the headquarters of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, filmed on August 1st in Luxembourg. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong

According to the global aviation industry's goal of achieving net zero emissions on international routes by 2050, in June this year, cargo planes on the Zhengzhou Luxembourg route were refueled with sustainable aviation fuel provided by China Aviation Fuel Group Co., Ltd., embarking on the path of exploring green and sustainable development.

According to China Aviation Oil South China Blue Sky Henan Branch, as a low-carbon alternative to traditional aviation oil, sustainable aviation fuel uses waste animal and plant fats, oils, urban household waste, and agricultural and forestry waste as raw materials. Meng Xiaochao, the head of the company's security business department, introduced that China Aviation Oil Corporation has completed the task of providing sustainable aviation fuel to overseas aircraft for cross-border flights in Zhengzhou, and is currently continuously improving its ability to guarantee sustainable aviation fuel.

Zhang Mingchao, Chairman of Henan Aviation Investment Group, stated that the group has established a normalized mechanism to promote relevant enterprises to conduct in-depth research on sustainable aviation fuel industry cooperation, and continue to explore cooperation with Luxembourg financial institutions to leverage industrial investment with green finance.

Luxembourg Cargo Airlines President and CEO Fonsen stated that the "Air Silk Road" that uses routes to support China Europe connectivity benefits numerous enterprises, people, and countries. "We are honored not only to witness the birth of the Zhengzhou Luxembourg 'Air Silk Road', but also to contribute to its development and growth."

On August 1st, staff loaded a Luxembourg cargo plane at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

On August 2nd, customs officers at Zhengzhou Airport in China conducted non-invasive inspections of imported goods using X-ray machines. Shen Jizhong

On August 1st, at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in China, staff from China Aviation Oil South China Blue Sky Henan Branch refueled a Luxembourg cargo plane. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jianan

On August 1st, at the headquarters of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, Claude Zelun, Executive Vice President of Flight Operations of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines, was interviewed by reporters. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong

On August 1st, staff worked in the flight simulator area at the headquarters of Luxembourg Cargo Airlines. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong

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