Dahe.com (Reporter Wang Shudong) At 0:08 on May 19, an all-cargo aircraft of Luxembourg International Cargo Airlines took off from Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in a starry night, marking the official operation of the "Luxembourg-Zhengzhou-Chicago" international cargo route. It's flying around Europe, Asia, and the United States. Among the nearly 100 tons of cargo loaded by the cargo plane, there were nearly 10 tons loaded from Luxembourg and 70 tons loaded from Zhengzhou Airport, which eventually flew to Chicago, the United States. So far, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport successfully launched the fifth freedom route for the first time.
　　Since the beginning of this year, as my country’s current cargo and mail throughput ranking among the top ten domestic airports, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport's "Global Flight" cargo flight has set off an "international wave", such as "Luxembourg-Zhengzhou-Chicago". International cargo routes also include postal routes from Zhengzhou to Novosibirsk and Vladivostok in Russia. Among the international goods entering and leaving the country, there are not only high-value-added electronic products, high-end clothing, but also "big Mac" items such as a single-cylinder engine with a length of 21 meters and a unit weight of about 19 tons.
　　As Li Jiaxiang, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said, “Henan does not rely on the sea or the border, and connects the world with the blue sky.” In the absence of support from local airlines and lack of air transportation resources, Henan Airport Group insists on a blueprint. In the end, determine the 24-character development strategy of "cargo first, cargo to bring passengers; international first, in-band outside; dry first, collection of highways and railways", centering on the goal of building an international air cargo hub and a large domestic aviation hub , Implementation of dislocation development: When many airports are developing passenger transportation, Zhengzhou Airport is fully developing cargo transportation to promote the development of passenger transportation. After three years of continuous development, Henan Airport Group has successfully completed various established goals and tasks, especially the quality and structure of passenger and cargo transportation has undergone gratifying changes, breaking a "Zhengzhou Road".
　　Statistics from Henan Airport Group show that since last year, internationally renowned all-cargo airlines such as DHL Global Cargo, Russian Air Bridge Cargo Airlines, and Atlas Cargo Airlines accounted for nearly 50% of the cargo volume completed by Zhengzhou Airport. The number one DHL Global Cargo Company accounts for 15% of Zhengzhou Airport’s total cargo volume. These internationally renowned all-cargo airlines will operate routes between Zhengzhou and Moscow, Amsterdam, Chicago, Anchorage, Miami, Baku, Hahn, New York and other world-famous ones are closely linked together. By the first four months of this year, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport had 23 all-cargo routes.
　　Since the beginning of this year, the postal route from Zhengzhou to Novosibirsk and Vladivostok in Russia and the all-cargo route from Luxembourg to Chicago via Zhengzhou have been opened. International cargo routes from Zhengzhou Airport to Asia, Europe, and the United States have basically taken shape. International cargo routes span the three major economic regions of Europe, Asia, and the United States, forming a “round the world” circular network, opening a new stage for Zhengzhou to build an international air cargo hub, and helping Henan build an open highland that participates in the international division of labor The new platform makes Zhengzhou an important aviation node connecting Europe and the Americas, and it will play an important role in building Zhengzhou Airport into an international air cargo hub. Explanation of terms Fifth freedom refers to the fact that airlines of a country or region obtain permission to load passengers and cargo in a third country while operating a certain international route, allowing them to stop on the way, disembarking passengers and loading and unloading cargo.