Recently, outside the JD Logistics warehouse in Aksu, Xinjiang, a large drone carrying 1.9 tons of packages took off and flew straight to Yecheng. In the past, this batch of goods had to first detour around Urumqi for distribution, take 2730 kilometers of road, and take three to four days to be delivered to customers. Nowadays, the 450 kilometer straight-line journey takes 2.5 hours one way and can arrive the next day. This is the large-scale unmanned aerial vehicle freight route opened by JD Logistics in Xinjiang, and also the industry's first investment in unmanned aerial vehicle regional transportation for the 11.11 promotion.

Straight flight saves nearly half of the time

This trial operation route is jointly promoted by JD Logistics and Tianyu Hangtong. Tianyu Hangtong operates 9 general aviation airports in Xinjiang and has 9 approved drone dedicated routes. After the opening of the route, goods from Aksu to Yecheng no longer need to detour through Urumqi, with a straight-line distance of about 450 kilometers, a maximum commercial load of 1.9 tons, and a one-way flight time of only 2.5 hours, which is nearly twice as fast as traditional land transportation and can achieve next day delivery. The compression of branch line time provides support for the connection between main and branch lines during the 11.11 peak period, as well as the acceleration of end delivery.

Multiple measures to ensure air transport capacity

During the 11.11 period, JD Logistics implemented multiple measures to ensure timely delivery of air transportation capacity. Air freight express products cover nearly 30000 city routes, of which over 10000 are next day delivery routes, with a promised delivery rate of 95%. At the same time, a limited time promotion for all cargo aircraft flow will be launched, covering dozens of popular routes such as Shenzhen to Wuxi and Beijing to Shenzhen, reducing air freight costs during peak seasons. The cooperation between regional unmanned aerial vehicles and aviation trunk lines forms a fast track from Xinjiang production areas to the national market. Keywords: High tech News Network, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Freight, Low altitude Economy

End network access to villages and households

In addition to branch transportation, JD Logistics' terminal drone network has also been scaled up and implemented. The Sichuan Zizhong drone delivery project covers 131 administrative villages, with a one-way delivery time of up to 7 minutes. It is currently the largest drone delivery network in China, with a collection efficiency increase of over 30% and a delivery cost reduction of over 25%. Regional large aircraft transport tons, while small aircraft at the end deliver goods. JD Logistics is building a complete low altitude transportation capacity team. The person in charge of JD Logistics' related business stated that the company is exploring a three-dimensional logistics network model for the coordination of trunk, branch, and terminal transportation. Through the deep integration of large regional unmanned aerial vehicles and terminal transportation capacity, the low altitude economy will be promoted from single point verification to ecological construction, and technology transportation capacity will benefit a wider geographical space and sinking markets.Editor/Gao Xue