RUSSIA – Alibaba Group’s logistics operator, Cainiao and Russia’s Pochta postal service have launched their first direct China-Russia cargo flights to deliver AliExpress goods purchased online by Russians, AliExpress Russia has revealed. The move, which AliExpress Russia hopes will help it cut the time it takes to deliver orders from China to Russia to 10 days, comes at a time when the country’s e-commerce market is experiencing rapid growth generating more than US$14 billion in revenues annually. Under the new partnership, Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics operator is renting 7 cargo planes…
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