The Air Logistics Branch of the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement released the "Analysis Report on New Freight Routes in 2024-2025" today (16th). According to the report, my country's air cargo supply has been increasing, its guarantee capacity has been improved, and the demand for the air logistics market has maintained a high growth.

my country's air cargo network is expanding at an accelerated pace

Enhanced guarantee capacity

According to the report, my country's air cargo supply is increasing, its guarantee capacity is improving, and its route network is expanding at an accelerated pace.

From January 1, 2024 to April 30, 2025, a total of 288 new air cargo routes have been opened nationwide. Among them, there are 243 international air cargo routes, and the route network covers six continents around the world. Asia has the largest number of routes, accounting for nearly 50%. The second is 88 European routes and 29 North American routes, ranking third. The top three newly opened international freight routes carry the most cargo, namely e-commerce goods, electronic products, and ordinary goods.

From 2024 to April 2025, 45 new domestic air cargo routes were opened, and mail express delivery, fresh cold chain products and e-commerce goods were the most frequently transported goods. Among them, the routes carrying fresh cold chain products account for more than 29% of the total number of routes, far higher than other routes. Special goods represented by fresh food have gradually become a new growth point in the aviation logistics market.

In addition, according to reports, the Jiaxing Global Air Logistics Hub project, the second professional air cargo hub in my country, is scheduled to be put into operation by the end of this year.

Experts said that against the backdrop of increasing uncertainty in the global market, my country's route network has accelerated its expansion and has continuously weaved international route networks. At present, the air cargo channel with the four world-class airport groups of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, Chengdu-Chongqing as the core is being formed, and the air cargo network that reaches the Southeast Asian and Northeast Asian markets and Europe, America and Australia is gradually improving, and its supporting role in my country's high-end manufacturing industry participating in global industrial competition and maintaining the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain is becoming increasingly prominent.

my country's aviation logistics market demand maintains a high growth

Relevant person in charge of the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement introduced that since this year, my country's economy has shown a positive development trend. As an important barometer of the economy, aviation logistics has performed outstandingly. my country's aviation logistics market demand maintains a high growth, and most companies are optimistic about future development.

In the first quarter of this year, the civil aviation industry completed 2.243 million tons of cargo and mail transportation, an increase of 11.7% year-on-year. Among them, the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce has become a new driving force for the expansion and upgrading of aviation logistics. About 60% of my country's aviation logistics market comes from cross-border e-commerce. In addition, the structure of my country's export products is constantly being optimized and upgraded, and more new products with high-tech attributes are accelerating their overseas trip, becoming a new highlight of the aviation logistics market under the new development pattern.

According to the "2025 Air Logistics Market Forecast Report" released by the Air Logistics Branch of the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement, more than 80% of the survey subjects remain optimistic about the global air cargo volume and the development expectations of my country's air cargo volume in 2025. At the same time, it is generally believed that the growth rate of my country's air cargo volume will be higher than the growth rate of global air cargo volume.

(CCTV reporter Wang Shantao)