On 21 July 2025, China Express Logistics formally launched 50+ curated air-cargo routes under its Time-Definite Air product. Capacity is anchored by fixed-block contracts with Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, supplemented by regional carriers including Hainan Airlines, Sichuan Airlines and Xiamen Airlines. The result: same-day delivery from Xi'an to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and 48-hour delivery to more than 90% of China's tier-one and tier-two cities.
Why Time-Definite Air?
As volumes of high-value, time-sensitive cargo — consumer electronics, medical devices, cross-border samples, urgent commercial documents — have grown year on year in the north-west market, the 48-to-72-hour transit of pure trunk haulage can no longer meet customers' twin demands for on-time performance and security. Time-Definite Air fills that gap.
Core product features
- Service promise: same-day from Xi'an to Beijing / Shanghai / Guangzhou; 48-hour delivery to all major nationwide cities
- Capacity: fixed annual block-space agreements with the three largest carriers — no peak-season shortages
- End-to-end electronic waybill plus four-node visibility (take-off, landing, ULD release, last-mile delivery)
- Delivery exceptions are followed up jointly by customer service and operations, then handled under the service terms and established responsibility