European link for China Southern

The European forwarder TNT has formed a partnership with China Southern Airlines that led to the launch in late October of a direct freight service between Shanghai and the Belgian city of Liege. The two companies are sharing capacity on a twice-weekly B-747 freighter, which may be increased to four times a week early in 2003.

TNT said the co-operation gave it direct access to China Southern's cargo and express network in China while it allowed customers of the carrier to feed into TNT's European road and air network.