‘Policy increased share of international cargo traffic and revenue for domestic airlines’

Sunil Kohli, Managing Director, Rahat Cargo says, “The cargo trade stakeholders including airports, airlines, exporters, and industry associations, have warmly welcomed the open sky policy as they anticipate significant benefits such as improved efficiency, expanded exports, and alignment with the government’s ambitious economic targets. Since the said policy has also provided ample capacity to assorted destinations, the space crunch has also shrunk because of availability of several carriers to the cargo agents thereby rendering various options to choose from. This welcome shift resulted in a notable uptick in the share of international cargo traffic and revenue for domestic airlines. Also, the revival of the policy is expected to witness an accelerated activities of infrastructure development at non-metro airports, enhancing their cargo-handling capabilities and unlocking additional export capacity.”