{"id":151626,"date":"2023-02-21T14:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151626&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T05:26:16","slug":"ups-japan-launches-international-cargo-flights-at-kitakyushu-airport","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ups-japan-launches-international-cargo-flights-at-kitakyushu-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"UPS Japan Launches International Cargo Flights at Kitakyushu Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 20th, UPS Japan, the Japanese arm of the American logistics giant with a network in over 220 countries and regions, launched regular international cargo flights from Kitakyushu Airport, which is aiming to become a logistics hub. This is the first time that regular flights have been launched to Kyushu, with five round trips per week between Kitakyushu Airport, Kansai International Airport, and Shenzhen Bao&#8217;an International Airport in China. The flights are expected to transport mainly products from online shopping from overseas and semiconductor products from Kyushu. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ups\/posts\/6673765282637718\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=9702855&amp;ymd=2023-02-20\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151621\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-upsj_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"UPS Japan Launches International Cargo Flights at Kitakyushu Airport\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-upsj_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-upsj_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-upsj_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_kitakyushu-upsj_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000000007.000098279.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PR Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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