China Postal Airlines Takes Delivery of the Last B757F from Air China Cargo

China Postal Airlines took delivery of its fourth all-cargo aircraft from Air China Cargo, a subsidiary of China's flag carrier Air China (CA), with a Boeing 757 cargo plane loaded with Express Mails (EMS) taking off from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), landing smoothly at Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) and then returning back to PEK.

It is learnt that China Postal Airlines signed a contract with Air China Cargo for chartering four B757s in Aug. 2013. The new-introduced B757F is the last freighter delivered from Air China Cargo, which will be deployed to operate Beijing-Nanjing-Beijing charter service to expand the carrier's independent routes network. Up till now, China Postal Airlines operates a fleet of 26 aircraft, including 22 Boeing 737 freighters and 4 Boeing 757Fs.

The 4 B757Fs, with a max cargo capacity of 30 tons are deployed on Chengdu-Nanjing-Chengdu, Changchun-Shenyang-Nanjing-Changchun, Guangzhou-Nanjing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Nanjing-Beijing service. The delivery of the new aircraft not only ease traffic pressure on Express Mail Service for the carrier, but also optimize its independent network and boost competitiveness in mail express and cargo transport market.