Dangerous goods demand growth may rise to 5% YoY: Mamidala

As per IATA, approx. 1.25 million shipments of dangerous goods are transported by air, and this could see a rise of about 5% year-on-year, said Ramesh Mamidala, Head of Cargo, Air India. He added, “The shipping community must leverage this business opportunity by ensuring compliance through training so that air carriage of dangerous goods remains safe and the preferred mode of transport.” He shared valuable insights on the current and future challenges and opportunities for airfreight to be used as a medium for transportation of dangerous goods at the inaugural Dangerous Goods Symposium organised by Air India’s flight safety department recently. He also encouraged the freight forwarding community to take advantage of the newly opened Air India training academy in Gurgaon who have the distinction of being awarded the first centre in the country to be certified by DGCA with the IATA CBTA training standards.