Staff load donated materials onto a cargo plane at Xinzheng International Airport in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, March 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's civil aviation industry handled 669,000 tonnes of air freight in January, up 10.5 percent year on year, according to the country's civil aviation authorities.
China's air cargo transport showed a sound growth momentum with increasing freight volume on both domestic and international routes, said the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
Notably, all-cargo freighters contributed 281,000 tonnes of air freight traffic in January, up 67.7 percent year on year, CAAC statistics showed.
In January, the country's air freight volume on domestic routes saw a 4.4 percent year-on-year increase, the first year-on-year positive growth since December 2019, the data added.
Air cargo traffic on international routes increased 24.7 percent year on year in January, marking the sector's third consecutive month of positive year-on-year growth. ■
