GUANGZHOU: China Southern Airlines, the country's largest air carrier, is now sending 185 international cargo flights weekly to support the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to the airline. Among the total, around 120 flights are carried by all-cargo airplanes, and the others are carried by passenger aircraft converted for cargo missions.
GUANGZHOU: China Southern Airlines, the country's largest air carrier, is now sending 185 international cargo flights weekly to support the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to the airline.
As of April 23, China Southern has completed 255 flights that were carried by passenger airplanes for cargo missions, sending 2,930 tonnes of freight to more than 22 countries and regions worldwide, the company said. China's civil aviation authority has been making constant efforts to ensure air cargo transport of supplies for the global fight against COVID-19, by opening"green channels" for cargo flights.
Carrying 17.6 tonnes of cargo, the airline sent its first such flight -- a passenger plane with all seats removed -- to Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on April 3.
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