POSTMAN OF THE SKY

POSTMAN OF THE SKY

A poem by Du Mu, a poet of the Tang dynasty (618-907), read: “A horse gallops across the land at full speed, and the concubine laughs. Who else knows it is lychees coming.” The famous poem tells the story of how lychees were painstakingly, if not cruelly, carried on horse back from

today’s Sichuan province to Chang’an, then capital of China, to please Yang Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762). It is just a pity that the era of air transport did not come earlier.

Text by Jean Lin Translation by Leo Pictures by Zeng Jian

BENEFITS OF AIR CARGO TRANSPORT

1. Fast: the average cruise speed of aircraft, at 780+ km per hour, is at least twice as much as that of high-speed trains;

2. Safe: there is little chance that cargo may be stolen at the height of over 10,000 metres;

3. Easy: human labour and their costs are minimised thanks to partial automation of air cargo transport processes and the use of high-tech equipment.

航空货运的优势

1.快速： 飞机平均巡航速度是780公里每小时以上，比高铁速度快了至少一倍；

2.安全：飞机在万米高空飞行，大大降低了偷盗情况发生的概率；

3.便捷： 货运流程实现半自动化，全程多采用高科技设备，大大减轻了人力劳动成本。