A Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737 cargo plane left Shanghai airport for Hong Kong Tuesday, marking the maiden flight for the freight route.

Hong Kong is the second largest cargo import market and the fourth largest export market of Shanghai.

Currently, five weekly cargo flights shuttle between the two cities. The flights are made by Boeing 737s with a departure at 4:35 p.m. from Shanghai and an arrival at 6:55 p.m. at Hong Kong International Airport. The same planes leave Hong Kong for Shanghai at 8:25 p.m.

Shanghai Airlines recently opened a cargo route to opened Macao. Shanghai Airlines also operates transport services to European and African countries via Hong Kong.

Source: Xinhua