Koltsovo international airport (part of the Airports of Regions holding) received two freight carriers fr om Harbin – Boeing 747 of AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Boeing 757 of Aviastar-TU Airlines. These aircrafts brought 111 tonnes of parcels from China to Yekaterinburg.
Gadgets, toys, garments, shoes and a lot more available in Chinese Internet hypermarkets are carried from the boards directly to the cargo terminal of Koltsovo airport wh ere the Post of Russia has its international postal exchange office. After postal freights are handled, they are sent to recipients.
Since the turn of December Koltsovo airport has already received 10 postal flights from China, while the volume of handled air mail exceeded 4.5 times the volume for a similar period of the previous year. Seven more freight carriers are expected to arrive in Yekaterinburg from China till the year’s end.
Koltsovo cargo terminal is one of the most up-to-date airport logistics facilities in Russia. In 2018 the airport’s infrastructure for cargo transportation was recognized as the best in Russia and honored with the national Air Gates of Russia award.