AirBridgeCargo, Russia’s largest scheduled all-cargo carrier, has launched a three-times a week Boeing 747-400 freighter service to Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province.

The company already operates routes from Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai to Russia and other destinations in Europe. The new flights operate every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday on a routing from Maastricht and Amsterdam in the Netherlands via Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk in Russia and on to Zhengzhou.

A high proportion of its 112 tonnes capacity per flight from Zhengzhou is expected to be filled with hi-tech products from the region.