At a special news conference of the Ministry of Transportation on the 3rd, it was learned that China's aviation cargo transportation has been developing well this year, with international aviation cargo maintaining a rapid growth trend, and the scale of aviation cargo transportation has reached its best historical level. Shang Kejia, Deputy Director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, introduced at the press conference that from January to October this year, the entire civil aviation industry completed a total cargo and mail transport volume of 7.298 million tons, an increase of 19.3% compared to the same period in 2019. Among them, international routes completed 2.932 million tons, a significant increase of 48.5% compared to the same period in 2019. Since the beginning of this year, international cargo flights have been operating at high levels, driving the rapid growth of aviation cargo transportation. "Taking the past week as an example, the daily average number of civil aviation cargo flights is 752, including 498 international cargo flights, with year-on-year increases of 70.9% and 100.4%, respectively. In terms of regions, flight volumes in regions such as Southeast Asia, Central and West Asia, South Asia, Europe, and the Americas have all increased by over 100% compared to the same period in 2019," said Shang Kejia. (Xinhua News)