Cathay Pacific plans to expand in India

Lifted by solid growth in cargo traffic, Cathay Pacific Airways plans to increase frequency of its freighter services to Indian cities. The Hong Kong based airline has freight services to six Indian cities and there are 25 freighter departures every week from India. A sign of significant market potential in the freighter segment, the carrier has seen an eight per cent jump in cargo volumes in first nine months (January-September) of this year.

“At this moment, we plan to optimise our network base in India and want to increase our frequency here,” Mark Sutch, General Manager – Cargo Sales & Marketing, Cathay Pacific. The carrier provides freighter services from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata. The twice-a-week service between Kolkata and Hong Kong was launched in March last year.