| Airport of departure | Airport of destination | Price （RMB/KG） |
Airline | Direct /transit | Flight | Transportation time（days） | ||||
| HKG Hong Kong International Airport | ≥45kg | ≥100kg | ≥300kg | ≥500kg | ≥1000kg | EK | ||||
| MLA/Malta | 40.04 | 34.8 | 33.43 | 32.1 | 32 | HKG-DWC(卡车/Truck)-DXB-MLA | Everyday | 3 days | ||
| PVG Shanghai Pudong International Airport | MLA/Malta | 58 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | TK | PVG-IST-MLA | Everyday | 5 days |
| PEKBeijing Capital International Airport | MLA/Malta | 37 | 36 | 35 | 32 | 31 | AZ | PEK-FCO-MLA | 2/4/6/7 | 5 days |
| 2020.01.27 - 2020.02.27 | ||||||||||
Malta is one of the countries in Eastern Europe. The air freight cost per kg from China to Malta affects the cost of international trade. In many cases, air freights are higher than the value of the goods, so most of the goods transported to Malta by air are high value products, such as: medical equipment, equipment and machinery, LED lights, hardware products, leather shoes, mountaineering supplies, molds, etc. The air freight cost per kg is too high for goods with low value.
It is helpful to find out the best international air transport solution and save air transport cost by knowing the airlines providing air transport services between the two countries, and departure airports providing air cargo services to Malta.
The air freight cost per kg for goods more than 45 kg and less than 99 kg goods from Hong Kong, China to Malta is RMB.8/kg; that for goods more than 100 kg and less than 299 kg is RMB 34.8/kg; that for goods more than 300 kg and less than 499 kg is RMB 33.5/kg; that for goods more than 500 kg and less than 999 kg is RMB 32.1/ kg; that for goods more than 1000 kg is RMB 32/kg.
There are fewer airlines and airports providing international air services between China and Malta, resulting in a much higher air freight cost per kg from China to Malta than to other European countries. The more common cargo airlines are EK UAE, TK Turkish Airlines and AZ Italia Airlines. There are air transport to Malta: Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Beijing Capital International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. Other domestic international airports do not offer such service.
Among them, the air freight cost per kg from Shanghai to Malta is the highest, for 1500 kg of goods, the air freight cost per kg of Shanghai airport is RMB 39/g, while that of Hong Kong is only RMB 32/kilogram, and that of Beijing, is the lowest, RMB 31/kg. Although Shanghai Pudong International Airport is the airport with the largest import and export volume of air cargo in China, the service between China and Malta provided by Shanghai Pudong International Airport has no price advantage .
Can goods more than 10 tons apply for a lower price? For example, shipping 10 molds from Dongguan to Malta, the mould is small in size and heavy in weight. The specific volume to weight of the mould is usually higher than 1:500, that is, the weight of a cubic meter mould is more than 500 kg. Airlines can usually apply for much lower price for such goods. The cargo with large weight and small volume occupies less space inside the aircraft cabin, and goods with large volume occupy large space.
The air freight cost per kg from China to Malta is so high that many goods are transported by international shipping to Valletta and Malta ports. The cost of shipping is much lower than that of air transport. The price of international express to Malta is almost the dam as the air transport. The price of DHL international express for goods more than 100 kg from China to Malta is RMB 39/kg, which is 8 yuan a kilogram less than the lowest air freight cost per kg. DHL international express offers door-to-door service, including import customs clearance service. If the total cost is included, it is more cost-effective to choose DHL to transport goods to Malta than to choose air transport.
The price of international shipping from Dalian to Malta, air freight cost per kg from Dalian to Malta.
