China Cargo Airlines Lands at Lambert

Lambert St Louis International Airport celebrated the first flight arrival of China Cargo Airlines last Friday (September 23) as the Asian freight carrier inaugurated a new scheduled air link from China, the facility’s first cargo service from the country. The aircraft arrived from Shanghai with a cargo of high value Chinese manufactured goods, returning to the Chinese city with a load of cargo from the Midwest US. China Cargo Airlines is initially offering a weekly flight, although frequency may increase in the future subject to demand.

“Instead of being connected to the rest of country, we’re here connected to rest of the world,” said St Louis, Missouri Mayor Francis Slay at a special event to mark the inaugural flight. “We’re starting small, but together we can build something big.”

The new service is the culmination of several years of negotiations between China, China Cargo Airlines and the Midwest China Hub Commission, a coalition of private business associations and governmental groups in Missouri.