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Air Serbia officials recently held talks and visited the Tianjin Binhai International Aviation Logistics Company, in charge of the airport’s cargo operations, to explore further opportunities to strengthen cooperation. The two sides discussed off-plane direct pickup, trucking, and customs transit. Air Serbia has been flying in Tianjin since the end of 2022. According to data by Chinese authorities, as of November 2023, the cargo volume on Air Serbia’s flights departing Tianjin stood at 527.8 tons, with an average cargo volume of 9.6 tons per flight. The market demand for cargo on these flights is growing, with almost every flight being fully loaded in recent months. The belly cargo volume on the route has been increasing from an average of 8.7 tons per flight to 14.3 tons per flight. The highest cargo volume on one flight exceeded 20 tons, setting a new record for the airline's belly cargo volume.
They really should think about converting their ATR-72-200 to freighters
ReplyDeleteIf you ask me, highly doubtful, to say the least...
DeleteIsn't 14 tones max cargo weight for A332?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.iagcargo.com/en/fleet/airbus-a330-200/
https://www.lufthansa-cargo.com/de/fleet-ulds/fleet/belly-fleet
It depends on the aircraft, not all are the same. YU-ARB has less cargo space than YU-ARC even though they are the same type.
DeleteIt can be can always compromise. If they don’t have full passenger load they can load more cargo.
DeleteThanks.
DeleteTo correct, YU ARB has more room, because the ARC has the crew rest area in cargo hold that Bravo doesnt
DeleteWow, this is significant and can really have an impact on trade and improved tech products coming from China, especially if the frequency of flights increases this year. For flights going to China, I suppose the cargo consists of cherries, blueberries and raspberries?
ReplyDeleteÄŒevaps.
DeleteNone of those, but mine and metals, electronic devices etc.
DeleteAccording to the United Nations COMTRADE database, Serbia exports to China reached US$1.17 billion in 2022, with top exported goods being ores slag and ash (US$913.47 million), copper (US$132.88 million), wood and related articles (US$41.31 million), electronic equipment (US$28.45 million), and machinery, nuclear reactors and boilers (US$20.1 million).
https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-and-serbia-sign-free-trade-agreement-bilateral-trade-and-investment-outlook/
And this was all before signing fee trade agreement. Now we can expect food, agriculture, wine etc to show up on the list, but nothing can beat soon the mine slag. Strange, indeed.
Ores slag, ash, copper or wood transported by air? Do you really mean it?
DeleteFree trade agreement will not change much re food etc. The main barrier to food exports are not tariffs or quotas, but certificates.
Not by plane, but I wanted to say it's not berries and ÄŒevapi, although nothing wrong with it.
DeleteIn Serbia it would be ćevapi ;)
Delete...and yet they downfraded Tianjin to one weekly.
ReplyDeleteGo figure.
It's quite clear why; One A330 is going to extensive maintenance soon, wet leasing widebody for 2 rotations weekly would be a financial disaster so they are planning their network with 1 A330 in mind
DeleteAnd what is the volume of cargo on flights departing Belgrade and arriving in Tianjin?
DeleteSo they didn't know they're gonna have maintenance when they were planning two weekly Tianjin?
DeleteThey knew but they wanted to give you material to spread your hate, OK?
DeleteDon't be so dumb 😤.
DeleteIf cargo demand keeps growing at this rate, can we expect all-cargo airplane service between Belgrade and China?
ReplyDeletePotentially, I guess...
DeleteSerbia needs to realise that the BRI and BRICS is its best future prospect, EU membership is like joining a diesing organisation which will on enslave the population more than is the case now
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