Air Silk Road Boosts Henan's Opening-up

Net Profit Up 68.51% at Cargolux Airlines in 2021

Air Silk Road Boosts Henan's Opening-up

卢森堡货航2021年净利润同比增长68.51%

“空中丝路”打造河南开放亮丽名片

Cargolux Airlines saw its revenue up 68.51 percent from a year earlier to 1.295 billion US dollars boosted by the Air Silk Road between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg, thus making Zhengzhou airport's cargo volume rank first in Central China, said a source from Henan Civil Aviation Development & Investment Co., Ltd., on May 19.

5月19日，记者从河南民航发展投资有限公司（以下简称“河南航投”）获悉，该公司不断做大做强“空中丝绸之路”开放载体，卢森堡货航2021年实现净利润12.95亿美元，同比增长68.51%，助推郑州机场货运规模稳居中部地区第1位。

A Cargolux plane in Zhengzhou. [Photo/dahe.cn]

In 2014, Henan Civil Aviation Development & Investment Co., Ltd., purchased 35 percent stake in Cargolux Airlines, the first international first-class all-cargo airline introduced into Henan. Since then, the construction of an Air Silk Road between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative has begun with the "dual-hub" strategy aiming to turn Zhengzhou into the Asia-Pacific logistics center and Luxembourg the center of Europe and America.

2014年，河南航投成功收购卢森堡货航35%股权，为我省引进了第一家国际一流的全货运航空公司，确立了“构建以郑州为亚太物流中心、以卢森堡为欧美物流中心，覆盖全球航空货运网络”的“双枢纽”战略，开始了“一带一路”框架下“空中丝绸之路”的实践与探索。

Despite the COVID-19 impact on the global market, Cargolux China (Zhengzhou) has never suspended its flights but expanded with a series of technical measures implemented to meet the evolving market needs with its Q1 cargo volume reaching some 27.9 thousand tons and accumulated volume over 870 thousand tons since its first launch.

据了解，在全球市场受到疫情持续影响的情况下，卢森堡货航在郑航线不停飞、不断航，通过更新机队、改进技术等一系列举措，有效应对市场变化和产能需求，实现逆势增效。一季度，卢森堡货航在郑货运量约2.79万吨，累计货运量超过87万吨，为保障全球供应链畅通贡献了河南力量。（中文来源/河南日报 记者/郭北晨 编译/赵汉青 审校/丁岚）