A Boeing 747F cargo plane took off from Ezhou Huahu Airport in Hubei Province on July 4, bound for New York, the United States.

It marks the launching of Ezhou-New York cargo route.

Atlas Air, an all-cargo airline in the United States, is running the air cargo service and plans to operate it three times a week.

The new route is expected to provide 630 tonnes of air cargo capacity for the transportation of goods between Ezhou and New York each week.

The Ezhou Huahu Airport, which began operations in July 2022, is a cargo-focused hub airport with extensive cargo traffic and some passenger traffic. It has launched 51 domestic cargo routes and 22 international cargo routes. (en.hubei.gov.cn by Zhang Yawei）