Xiamen Amsterdam Air Freight Route

The air freight route from Xiamen to Amsterdam marks a new starting point for Xiamen Airlines’ internationalization process, and also helps Xiamen Airport establish its status as a regional aviation hub port.

At 23:50 on the evening of July 26, flight MF811 carrying 210 passengers slowly left Xiamen Gaoqi Airport and flew to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, marking the start of the Xiamen-Amsterdam route. This is Xiamen Airlines’ first intercontinental route. From the decision to introduce the 787 large wide-body aircraft in 2005 to the first flight of the first intercontinental route, it took Xiamen Airlines a full ten years, which became a new starting point for its internationalization process.

The deputy general manager of Xiamen Airlines said that Fujian is the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, and the Netherlands is an important destination of the ancient Silk Road. The opening of the Xiamen-Amsterdam route has added a new dimension to this thousand-year-old Silk Road. The wings of soaring. Xiamen Airlines’ opening of the intercontinental era is the result of the close integration of its own development model and the “Belt and Road” national strategy.

The significance of opening the Xiamen to Amsterdam route:

1. Reduce the fatigue of European travel

From the perspective of various domestic cities, European travel is a traditional hot spot line. Xiamen’s tourism business to Europe accounts for at least 20% of the entire outbound tourism market. However, before the direct route was opened, tourists from Xiamen usually had to transfer through other cities to reach Europe, making the journey tiring. However, after the direct flight from Xiamen to Amsterdam was opened, it will be much more convenient for tourists to travel to Europe. They can get on the plane in Xiamen and get off the plane in the Netherlands, all in one trip, and then start their European trip from the Netherlands.

2. Drive European tourists to Xiamen

The opening of direct flights not only makes it more convenient for Xiamen people to go to Europe, but also brings convenience to Europeans traveling to Xiamen. The deputy general manager of the tourism group said that the number of European tourists visiting Xiamen is still relatively small, and the lack of direct flights is a very important reason. The opening of direct flights from Xiamen to Amsterdam has filled this gap. In the future, there will be more and more tourism interactions between Hercynian and Europe.