China sees growing air cargo transport in January

China's civil aviation industry handled 669,000 metric tons 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 tons 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.