From the pages of CargoTalk: Bengaluru Airport is all set to be seamlessly connected: Satyaki Raghunath

Talking about the journey of the airport during the COVID-19 time, Satyaki Raghunath, Chief Strategy and Development Officer, Bangalore International Airport (BIAL), says, “In pre-COVID times, Bengaluru Airport’s cargo capacities on airlines were distributed between freighter and passenger aircraft in the ratio of 40:60. However, following the lockdown, freighters have carried most of the cargo to/from BLR Airport. In the current scenario, with increasing demand and lack of cargo capacity on scheduled passenger aircraft, especially across international markets, DGCA has given special approval for operation of passenger flights as charter for cargo handling. As a result, about 40 per cent of our capacity is currently being served by Passenger to Cargo (P2C) consignments. We have witnessed a significant increase in the number of Cargo ATMs in April and May 2020. During this period, we were able to record a total of more than 2,200 Cargo ATMs at BLR Airport.