Chinese, Belgian airports sign agreement

Ningbo Lishe International Airport in Ningbo, China, and Liege Airport in Liege, Belgium, signed a cooperation agreement on August 14 to become sister airports. Vice General Manager Xu Zhongwei of Ningbo Airport and board member Steven Verhasselt of Liege Airport signed the agreement.
Liege Airport is a leading airport on cargo. Buoyed by complete facilities, the airport’s freight volume ranked among the top 10 in Europe in 2007. It is TNT’s European operation center. Ningbo Airport aims to become a Yangtze River Delta area freight hub as it has great potential in developing its air cargo market. The cooperation aims to improve management efficiency, implement sharing of resources and develop air service between the two airports. The two airports agreed to cooperate on exploring air routes, marketing, management training, and operation practices.