Indore Airport to get huge domestic air cargo complex

Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport is all set to increase its cargo handling capacity with the bigger domestic air cargo complex being built at the airport,  finalized by the Airport Authority of India’s Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Company Limited (AAICLAS). Construction work has also been started and the building is expected to be ready before the end of this year. This new cargo terminal will be set up at an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crore. A 2000 sq. meter land at the airport’s old terminal building area has been identified for this new domestic air cargo terminal. This new domestic cargo complex will also house a dedicated complex to be set up on a 300sq meter area for perishable cargo to allow handling of perishable items like fruits, vegetables, medicines etc. While the rest of the space will be used for handling domestic cargo, as per officials of AAICLAS, the new cargo terminal has been planned to handle a minimum of 73,000 metric tonnes of cargo annually as against existing capacity of the old domestic air-cargo terminal’s capacity of around 12,000- 15,000 metric tonnes annually.