On February 27th, a batch of lobsters from Santiago, Chile, was successfully delivered to customers in Shanghai after completing an international-to-domestic air transshipment at Xiamen Airport. This marked the first time fresh goods from an international flight were transshipped domestically at Xiamen Airport since the inauguration of Xiamen's first BRICS cargo route—"Xiamen to São Paulo, Brazil to Santiago, Chile to Xiamen." It also represented the airport's first international-to-domestic air transshipment cargo operation in recent years. Since its launch, the BRICS cargo route has not only met the growing needs of cross-border e-commerce exports among BRICS countries but also spurred growth in the import of fresh aquatic products. Seizing opportunities in air cargo development, Xiamen Airport is actively positioning itself as an international air cargo hub, with a total cargo and mail throughput of 314,400 tons in 2023, currently serviced by 46 domestic and international full-cargo flight routes weekly.
