January 15, 2021 (MLN): Pakistan and China have launched air cargo service on Kashgar-Islamabad route with the successful landing of Pakistan Faxon Airlines Air Cargo plane at Kashgar airport in Xinjiang region of China, as reported by Radio Pakistan. 

According to China Radio International, this is the second international cargo route from Kashgar Airport to Pakistan after the Kashgar-Karachi cargo route in 2019.

As the main aviation fulcrum of the Silk Road Economic Belt, Kashgar airport has opened international cargo routes, providing air traffic and service platforms for economic and trade development between Xinjiang, South Asia, West Asia and Europe.

The construction of the International Transport Corridor (ITC) and the International Aviation Center (IVC) is of great importance to the Xinjiang region.

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