Flights between Singapore and Chongqing will be increased from twice a week to three times a week from March 2010, according to Chongqing government. The services are operated by Singapore’s SilkAir.

Chongqing is keen to increase the number of air connections to destinations in Southeast Asia. It will strive to initiate services to six destinations in the Asean region, with at least daily one connection every day to an Asean country.

Chongqing Airport’s export cargo volume fell 25 per cent year-on-year in 2009 to 29.2m tons, Logistics Week reported. The value of the cargo decreased 23 per cent to US$140m.

The US was the largest market, accounting for 20 per cent of the export value total compared with 18 per cent in 2008. Canada overtook Hong Kong to take second place, while the next most important markets were India, Taiwan and Italy.