Cathay Pacific to triple Indian air cargo operations

Mumbai: Cathay Pacific Airways plans to triple cargo operations from India by the middle of this calendar year and said it would operate non-stop freighter service between India and Hong Kong.
"We currently operate three cargo flights from India...From Mumbai and Delhi. By September, we will be adding seven more," Cathay Pacific Country Manager (India, Nepal and Bangladesh) Rupert Bray told reporters here today.
Currently, the airline handles 100 tonnes of cargo in each of its freighter aircraft from India besides about 20 tonnes in its regular passenger flights. The decision to increase freighter flights are based on the fact that the cargo operations from the country have seen a 16.5 per cent year-on-year growth, he said.
By June, the airline will add on flight in Hong Kong-Mumbai-Paris route and by August, it will add four non-stop freighters in Mumbai-Hong Kong route. The airline will introduce two more freighters between Hong Kong and India, Bray said.
18/03/06 NewKerala.com

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