Air Central (China) (GI, Zhengzhou) has secured an exemption from the US Department of Transportation to operate scheduled and non-scheduled freight services from China to the United States and beyond. The authority took effect on April 20, 2026, and initially runs through April 20, 2027. In the March 2026 application, the airline disclosed plans to launch scheduled cargo operations from Zhengzhou to Chicago O'Hare and Los Angeles International from July 2026 using B747-400FSCDs.