22.09.2006
New all-cargo route to China

Copenhagen Airport for the first time has a direct all-cargo route to China. On 21 September 2006 Air China Cargo began thrice-weekly operations on the Shanghai-Beijing-Copenhagen-Shanghai route using Boeing 747-200 all-cargo planes. Copenhagen is Air China Cargo's second destination in Europe.

The number of all-cargo routes from Copenhagen to Asian destinations has risen sharply in recent years: Boeing 747 cargo planes currently fly to Singapore and Seoul a total of ten times a week 

Copenhagen Airport is focusing on efforts to attract new airlines to reinforce its position as a northern European cargo hub. As part of this strategy, the airport reduced its take-off charges by three per cent and capped charges for all-cargo operations. The cap on charges means that all-cargo flights pay a charge on the take-off weight up to but not over 200 tonnes.