International air cargo handled in India during October was 90% of its year-ago level: Hardeep Singh Puri

International air cargo handled in India during October was 90 per cent of its year-ago level, tweets, Hardeep Singh Puri, Civil Aviation Minister. He says, “With our skies and airports busy facilitating more than 1.81 crore domestic passengers since May 25, 2020, another area which witnessed robust activity and growth is air cargo.” The air cargo data across the country shows multiple green shoots. Air cargo at Indian airports has increases from 1.55 MMT in 2006-07 to 3.56 MMT in 2018-19 as a result of global downturn due to COVID.”

“Chandigarh Airport saw a growth of 16 per cent in October 20202 over October 2019 while Srinagar handleld staggering 853 MT air cargo in October 2020 showing a huge jump of 135 per cent over October 2019. Madurai, Kochi and Chennai also registered double digit growth in October 2020 over October 2019,” the Minister informs.

Registering exemplary growth in air cargo movement, Amritsar Airport handled 211MT of total air cargo in October 2020; an increase of 48 per cent over October 2019 while with 14.4 MT of domestic air cargo in October 2020 Amritsar Airport has registered a growth of 149 per cent over 2019.