INDIA's biggest private airline, IndiGo, has added its first dedicated freighter - a converted A321 - to its fleet in the hope of becoming a major player in the country's air cargo sector, reports London's Loadstar.
The freighter would be used on both domestic and international routes, said IndiGo, which has three more passenger planes currently being converted to freighters at the ST Engineering-Airbus facility in Singapore.
These are expected to join IndiGo's fleet next year. The reconfigured A321s offer 24 container positions across both decks and a payload of up to 27 tonnes.
'The aircraft is ideal for IndiGo, using our pool of A320-family pilots, and able to service markets between China in the east and the Gulf in the west, not forgetting the CIS countries to the north,' the Gurgaon-based airline said.
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The freighter would be used on both domestic and international routes, said IndiGo, which has three more passenger planes currently being converted to freighters at the ST Engineering-Airbus facility in Singapore.
These are expected to join IndiGo's fleet next year. The reconfigured A321s offer 24 container positions across both decks and a payload of up to 27 tonnes.
'The aircraft is ideal for IndiGo, using our pool of A320-family pilots, and able to service markets between China in the east and the Gulf in the west, not forgetting the CIS countries to the north,' the Gurgaon-based airline said.
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