JD.com debuts chartered cargo flights to Thailand

Cross-border online shipments to be delivered in 48 hours

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A cargo aircraft chartered by JD.com for flights between Shenzhen and Bangkok. (Photo courtesy of the company)

MARIMI KISHIMOTO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has begun chartered cargo flights connecting its home country to Thailand, looking to fulfill online orders involving shipments between the two countries within 48 hours.

The three round-trip flights weekly between Shenzhen's Bao'an International Airport and Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok represent JD's first such chartered links in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said.

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