Loaded with New Zealand breeding sheep, an Auckland-Yinchuan cargo charter flight landed at Yinchuan Hedong International Airport on Feb 22. It was the first international cargo flight after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted and marks the resumption of international flight support services at Yinchuan Air Port.
The resumption ceremony of Yinchuan Air Port is launched with an Auckland-Yinchuan cargo flight landing at Yinchuan Hedong International Airport. [Photo provided by the Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]
The Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, with Ningxia Airport Co Ltd, held a resumption ceremony onsite at Yinchuan Air Port.
The resumption ceremony of Yinchuan Air Port is launched with an Auckland-Yinchuan cargo flight landing at Yinchuan Hedong International Airport. [Photo provided by the Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]
It is known that more than 3,500 New Zealand high-quality breeding sheep were imported, with the varieties including Saanen, Toggenburg and Alpine. China Southern Airlines used two flights of a Boeing 777F cargo aircraft to transport them, with the second flight arriving Feb 23, the next day, at Yinchuan Air Port.
The Boeing 777F cargo aircraft arrives at Yinchuan Air Port. [Photo provided by the Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]
The breeding sheep will be quarantined for a period of forty-five days, and then shipped to customers after passing laboratory testing and clinical quarantine.
A high-quality breeding sheep from New Zealand [Photo provided by the Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]
Yinchuan Airport is the only port in Ningxia approved by the State Council to be granted Third Freedom, Fourth Freedom and Fifth Freedom of the Air to the UAE. It is the most important window for Ningxia to integrate into the construction of the Belt & Road Initiative and expand the region's opening up to the outside world. Since it was opened to foreign aircraft in 2008, it has received 955,000 entry and exit personnel, which has effectively promoted foreign exchanges, advanced the development of Ningxia's export-oriented economy and tourism industry, and enhanced Ningxia's international image.
