CHANGI AIRPORT AT THE FOREFRONT OF CHINA GROWTH
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- Monday, 24 July 2006
The airport has enhanced its connectivity to China with a new carrier – Shanghai Airlines – the second Chinese airline to operate scheduled all-cargo flights to Singapore
Yangtze River Express Airlines became the first when it began services to Singapore last November.
Despite being a newcomer to Changi, Shanghai Airlines will offer the highest number of all-cargo flights between Singapore and Shanghai – operating 16 weekly services on the route.
Air cargo tonnage carried between Singapore and China has shown phenomenal growth in recent years.
In 2005, total throughput reached almost 13,000 tonnes – a sharp rise of 17 per cent over the previous year. On the Singapore-Shanghai sector specifically, total throughput jumped by a robust 20 per cent last year compared with 2004. The strong growth has continued into 2006 – cargo tonnage carried between Singapore and China in the first five months of this year topped 56,000 tonnes – up 16 per cent over the same period in 2005.
Shanghai Airlines joins 12 other carriers at Changi flying between Singapore and 19 cities in China. Together, they operate more than 400 weekly cargo and passenger flights between the two countries.
