Yantai opens flights for the transport of cherries at Yantai Penglai International Airport on May 26. [Photo/ytcutv.com]

The coastal city of Yantai opened its flights for the transport of cherries on May 26.

Flight B757, backed up by SF Express and China Post Group, will be responsible for transporting cherries to the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, and Quanzhou.

In addition, flights were also added to the cities of Hangzhou, Chengdu and Chongqing this year. The flights will run 11 times per day at their peak.

The peak period is expected to be around June 10, when the total volume of transported cherries will hit more than 300 tons per day. Flights will reach more than 200 cities in one day.

Fushan cherries, a Yantai specialty, reach maturity in May. [Photo/WeChat account: ytwlgw]

The total transport volume of cherries from Yantai airport is expected to reach 6,000 tons this year, a year-on-year increase of about 10 percent.

This is the seventh year that "cherry flights" have been opened at Yantai airport. Over the years, the service has brought prosperity to the city's fresh fruit e-commerce market and greatly promoted the development of air freight services and cold chain express logistics industries.