Entering into Northwest China, SF Airlines Launched the "Yinchuan - Hangzhou" Freight Route

On January 26, 2018, with the coming of the Chinese New Year, SF Airlines Co., Ltd. ("SF Airlines" for short) made its maiden flight in Ningxia, marking another launch of freight route linking Northwest China and East China. The new route will be flown by B737-300 freighter of SF Airlines, whose maximum payload is nearly 14 tons. It is expected to further shorten the transit time to Northwest China and East China and guarantee the aviation logistics quality of feature fresh products such as mutton of Ningxia during the Spring Festival peak season.

Figure 1: Entering into Northwest China, SF Airlines Launched the "Yinchuan - Hangzhou" Freight Route

To adapt to the continuous growth of SF's shipment volume and assist in SF's improvement on the service quality of air transportation, taking Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Beijing as the hubs in recent years, SF Airlines continuously improves the domestic freight route network and layout, enhances the coverage and stability of air transportation service and drives air transportation efficiency of the radiating areas with the strong distribution effects of the hubs. With the launch of freight route of "Yinchuan - Hangzhou", SF Airlines has included 40 cities and districts nation-wide in its general aviation coverage.

Figure 2: Entering into Northwest China, SF Airlines Launched the "Yinchuan - Hangzhou" Freight Route

From New Year's Day to Spring Festival each year, the air transportation resources are insufficient for feature agricultural products such as mutton in Ningxia, and the quality and consumer experience of the fresh products are also prone to be affected by the logistics transit time. The "Yinchuan - Hangzhou" freight route is SF Airlines' service solution developed based on SF's mutton logistics service in Ningxia, which gives full play to its air logistics advantages and assists in another exploration of local feature agricultural economy and fresh product e-commerce industry development. SF's feature economy solution also increases vitality for more regional logistics systems and improvements for agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

Figure 3: Entering into Northwest China, SF Airlines Launched the "Yinchuan - Hangzhou" Freight Route

Affiliated to S.F. Express, SF Airlines devotes itself to providing highly efficient and stable express delivery air services, assures SF’s core competitiveness in express delivery business and acts as a strong brand extension of S.F. Express. For years of dedicated operation and prospective strategic layout, SF has formed an integrated logistics service network of “aviation network + ground network + information network” at home and abroad. SF Airlines is the key power to give full play to the efficiency of "aviation network". Since its maiden flight in 2009, SF Airlines has persisted in the service concept of "focusing on customers' demand", continuously improved the freight network, and enhanced flight operation quality. In the future, based on SF's business development planning, SF Airlines will also continue to improve the air freight service level steadily, and become customers' most trust-worthy partner in air transportation.