Lenton Group, a DPDgroup Asian-based company, has announced it has entered into a one-year agreement with Hainan Airways, as the first cross-border e-commerce flight took off from China for France with cargo for DPDgroup’s European parcel delivery network. Faced with the surge in online purchases and ever-increasing volumes, both companies have joined forces to charter regular flights from China to France, according to the company.
It was announced that two weekly round-trip flights carrying e-commerce parcels will inject DPDgroup’s European network with greater volumes, with a capacity of 72 tonnes.
DPDgroup stated it aims to harness the growth of e-commerce thanks to this partnership and considers it to be a component of its strategic plan revealed in early March.
To execute this strategic plan, DPDgroup said it will rely on majority-owned, Asian-based Lenton Group to connect markets across the globe and build intercontinental volumes. Following the 2019 launch of DPD China under the Lenton Group umbrella and benefiting from the rollout of multimodal services between China and Europe, Lenton Group is implementing additional logistics solutions to strengthen its connections with the DPDgroup network in Europe.
“Our partnership with Hainan Airlines and the inaugural flight from Haikou to Paris has received unprecedented coverage by media. The list includes Xinhua News Agency, China Central Television (CCTV), and other prominent media outlets in China”, said Charles Chu, Director of China Lenton Group. He continued, “This remarkable operation is the fruit of a close cooperation between Lenton Group’s teams and Hainan Airways, paving the way to even greater intercontinental flows.”
Source: DPDgroup
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