INDIA's largest private airline, IndiGo, seems to be moving on its freighter network development, despite muted growth in air cargo markets, reports London's Loadstar.
indigo offers regular freighter connections from Mumbai to the Middle East and is gradually scaling up operations out of Kolkata with two weekly services to Yangon, as well as to Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Additionally, IndiGo has been active with some project-cargo handling between India and the Middle East, and also on the domestic leg.
The addition of a dedicated freighter - a converted A321 - last September boosted the carrier's cargo initiative, branded CarGo, taking off on the Kolkata-Yangon route in November.
According to CarGo International CCO Mark Sutch, the global cargo airline industry is unlikely to see any profitability uptick this year, citing an IATA report that forecasts a 33 per cent year-on-year decline in cargo revenue.
He said Indian fiscal year 2022-23 air shipments were estimated to be the same as the previous year, 3.14 million tonnes.
'Hence, it is imperative that freighters are planned and operated on routes that are viable and have a good balance of inbound and outbound tonnage,' Mr Sutch said.
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indigo offers regular freighter connections from Mumbai to the Middle East and is gradually scaling up operations out of Kolkata with two weekly services to Yangon, as well as to Hong Kong and Vietnam.
Additionally, IndiGo has been active with some project-cargo handling between India and the Middle East, and also on the domestic leg.
The addition of a dedicated freighter - a converted A321 - last September boosted the carrier's cargo initiative, branded CarGo, taking off on the Kolkata-Yangon route in November.
According to CarGo International CCO Mark Sutch, the global cargo airline industry is unlikely to see any profitability uptick this year, citing an IATA report that forecasts a 33 per cent year-on-year decline in cargo revenue.
He said Indian fiscal year 2022-23 air shipments were estimated to be the same as the previous year, 3.14 million tonnes.
'Hence, it is imperative that freighters are planned and operated on routes that are viable and have a good balance of inbound and outbound tonnage,' Mr Sutch said.
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