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Huai'an and Eastern Airport Group Establish a Strategic Partnership
time:2019-11-19

On the morning of November 15, Huai'an and Eastern Airport Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement to promote the high-quality development of civil aviation. In February, 2018, Secretary Lou Qinjian of the Provincial Party Committee, mentioned that "Huai'an is able to build an eastern coastal freight airport" on the work forum for the county party secretaries, and proposed the "Golden Triangle" strategic layout of Huai'an Airport, Xuzhou Land Port and Lianyungang Seaport as the prelude to the hub construction of Huai'an airfreight. Over the past year, the Huaian hub of airfreight has made important breakthroughs. It has been supported by the two national strategic plans which are the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integration Development, and has been included in the crucial document "Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Construction of Intersections along 'the Belt and Road'", issued by the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. In July, 2019, Huai'an successfully opened the first Huai'an-Xi'an All Cargo Flight, and its average loading rate exceeded 80% after four months of operation. This year, the passenger throughput of Huai'an Airport has been rising steadily, withover 2 million passengers in total, and its growth rate is in the forefront of the civil aviation in east China and even the whole country.

Eastern Airport Group which consists of Nanjing Lukou International Airport as the lead and six other airports in Jiangsu province is built as a major strategic decision by the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government. In the context of the construction of world-class airport groups in the Yangtze River Delta, its establishment is to promote the high-quality development of Jiangsu civil aviation to the forefront of the country. The strategic cooperation agreement between Huai'an and Eastern Airport Group is not only a comprehensive promotion between the two sides, but also a new start for the future. Huai'an will adhere to the principle of complementary advantages, resource sharing and mutual benefit, and work together with Eastern Airport Group to seek common advancement, so as to promote the construction, operation and development of Huai'an Airport.

Eastern Airport Group and Huai'anTraffic Holding Co., Ltd signed Equity Transfer Agreement and Equity Transfer Supplementary Agreement of Huai'an Civil Airport at the event site.