Increasingly wealthy Chinese consumers are driving a significant rise in air freighted perishables and other high-cost imports to the country.
They are eating more imported fresh fish, lobster and cheese and reportedly helping global air cargo revenue rebound from its worst decline in five decades.
Fuelled by this growing demand for luxury goods and perishables from overseas, the nation will lead an 18.5 per cent recovery in air shipments this year, according to a June estimate by the International Air Transport Association.
Rising domestic consumption boosted China's imports 53 per cent in the first half of this year, reducing the incidence of air cargo flights arriving empty in the country in order to fill their holds with export goods.
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