JD Airlines launches Shenzhen-Singapore cargo route

JD Airlines launches Shenzhen-Singapore cargo route

By Rebecca JeffreyRebecca Jeffrey22 September 2025

The new route will operate three times a week and connects China’s manufacturing hub with Southeast Asia’s key transshipment centre

First JD Airlines flight between Shenzhen and Singapore

JD Logistics’ cargo airline, JD Airlines has begun flying between Shenzhen, China and Singapore to support e-commerce and electronics demand in the Asia-Pacific region.

The first flight between Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport (SZX) and Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) took place on 19 September and is scheduled to be carried out every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, taking off from Shenzhen at 9am and landing in Singapore at 3pm, said JD Logistics in a press release.

This new route is served with a 737-800 Boeing Coverted Freighter (BCF), which has a one-way maximum payload of 22 tons. According to Planespotters, JD Airlines’s fleet comprises 10 737-800 freighters in total, all converted.

In June last year, AerCap signed lease agreements for four 737-800BCFs with JD Airlines.

Outbound goods on the new route are mainly consumer electronics and e-commerce packages which will be flown directly to Singapore. A small amount of time-sensitive goods will be transited to the European and American markets through Singapore.

The return trip will mainly focus on electronic products, Singapore’s local auto parts and e-commerce goods transshipped from Europe and the US through Singapore.

The opening of this route is an important measure for JD Airlines to serve the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area economic circle and the core market of Southeast Asia, said JD Logistics.

In recent years, Shenzhen, as an important base for China’s scientific and technological innovation and cross-border e-commerce, has continued to increase its import and export demand for Southeast Asia. As a global trade, shipping and financial center, Singapore is an important hub connecting Southeast Asia with European and American markets.

JD Airlines said: “We hope that through this route, we will open a smoother channel for Chinese manufacturing and Chinese sellers, and improve the turnover efficiency of the entire supply chain in Southeast Asia and international markets.”

JD Airlines has opened more than 20 regular domestic and international routes, including Nantong, Incheon, Ezhou, Bangkok, Chengdu, Yangon, Shenzhen and Kuala Lumpur.

JD Logistics is a global provider of technology-driven supply chain and logistics services. Established as a dedicated business group of JD.com in April 2017, JD Logistics serves a wide range of businesses and individual consumers across China.