Huang Weilin, an official with the airport, said the two parties had inked a 3-year contract for the 10,000-square-meter site.

FedEx will operate two circular routes from Hangzhou nightly: a north route will cover Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang and Qingdao; while the south route will service Guangzhou and Xiamen. With trucks, it could cover 200 cities throughout the country.

Domestic carrier Okay Airways will take care of transport using three Boeing 737 freighters.

The company said it had plans to procure more freighters.

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