Direct air route expected to cut time and costs for Alaska's seafood exports to China
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] December 29, 2014
Alaska seafood is expected to to reach the Chinese market more directly and at a lower cost with the launch of the first non-stop air route between Anchorage and the Hunan Province.
According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, Dynamic Airways' Boeing 767 took off from the Hunan Province's central city of Changsha on Sunday evening. The direct air route from Changsha to Anchorage takes about nine and a half hours according to Liu Zhiren, the general manager of Hunan Airport Management Group. After the non-stop flight to Anchorage, the trip continues to Los Angeles.
Liu said Dynamic will charter the direct flights through the end of March at which point it will launch a regular twice-a week flight.
"The opening of the route will help Alaska's salmon, crabs and beef to enter into the Chinese market with a much lower price," the press release concluded...
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