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New Journey to Silk Road, Maiden Flight of SF Airlines' All-cargo Aircraft to Lanzhou
On September 12 of 2016, SF Airlines Co., Ltd. ("SF Airlines" for short) witnessed a successful maiden flight of B757-200 all-cargo aircraft to Lanzhou. Since then, SF Express Co., Ltd. ("SF Express" or "SF" for short) started to use its self-own air transportation resources to guarantee the transit time of the inbound and outbound shipments of Northwest China and inject new vitality to the development of Gansu aviation logistics market.
Figure 1: SF Airlines' B757-200 All-cargo Aircrafts Arrival at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
Figure 2: SF Airlines' B757-200 All-cargo Aircrafts Arrival at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
Affiliated to SF Express Co., Ltd., SF Airlines is committed to providing efficient and safe air shipment services, and it assures SF Express’ core competitiveness in express delivery business and acts as a strong brand extension of SF Express. Since it first flight in 2009, SF Airlines has built a nation-wide air freight network based in Shenzhen and Hangzhou, providing strong air transportation capacity support for fast transferring of SF Express' shipments all around the country. The successful maiden flight of the all-cargo aircraft is a milestone in SF Airlines' expansion of its air freight network from east to west, and it has strategic meaning for construction of SF's modern logistics network.
Figure 3: SF Airlines' Inaugural Ceremony of Regular Flights in Lanzhou
Since its establishment in 1993, SF Express has been consistently customer-centric. It constantly enhances its fundamental express service while enriching products and services around the express logistics industry chain. In recent years, thanks to the rapid development of SF Group, SF Airlines has grown up to be the domestic cargo airline that has the largest number of all-cargo aircrafts. In 2016, SF Airlines became the first domestic cargo airline that put B767-300 Heavy Long-range Wide-body All-cargo Aircraft into operations to guarantee the transit time in shipment transportation. As of now, SF Airlines fleet has 34 all-cargo aircrafts that consist of B767, B757, and B737 aircraft models, and covers 32 cities and districts nationwide.
Figure 4: SF Airlines' Inaugural Ceremony of Regular Flights in Lanzhou
With the constant optimization of air freight network, continuous improvement of security management and air route operation level, and year-by-year improvement of ground cargo feeder process and equipment, SF Airlines already has the operation capability of extending its air freight network to Northwest China. SF Airlines' putting its self-own all-cargo aircrafts into use is favorable for cargo movement and economic ties between East and West China, and further supports the government's implementation of "One Belt and One Road" and the strategy of the rise of West China.
Figure 5: SF Airlines' B757-200 All-cargo Aircrafts at Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
SF Airlines will continue to improve its transportation network and fleet construction in the future in compliance with the company's business development plan, expecting to not only shorten the transit time and improve the transit efficiency in shipment transportation of SF Express but also take an active part in local economic development to help boost local economic development.
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