Air China Cargo has begun a three-times-a-week service to Vienna International Airport with a Boeing 747 Freighter. This is the first air cargo service between China and Austria and the third between China and Europe, following services from Beijing to Frankfurt and Copenhagen.

According to Xinhua, the new service operates from Shanghai to Milan, via Beijing and Vienna, and back to Shanghai.

The aircraft has a single carriage capacity of 110 tonnes.

Set up in 2003, Air China Cargo operates nine B747-400 freighters. It flies to 81 cities in China and 44 destinations around the world.