Xiamen Airlines, a carrier based in Xiamen, Fujian province, signed a contract with SF Express Group to carry the logistics company’s goods on the carrier’s routes from Beijing starting Thursday.

The airline will carry 6,000 tons goods for SF Express in 2015 and the volume will increase by 20 per cent annually during the contract term, according to their agreement. It runs nine routes from Beijing and will open eight new routes from the capital in the next three to five years. Xiamen Airlines, which received two B787 aircraft this year, said it is planning to launch two international routes from Beijing.