New Policy for handling perishable cargo

Airports Authority of India (AAI) has formulated policies for developing domestic airports for international cargo handling and for establishment of centers for perishable cargo at airports. This information was given to the Parliament by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation.
The salient feature of the policy on development of domestic airports for international cargo handling are:
(i)creation of facilities by the private agencies at international level,
(ii) uniform procedure for leasing the cargo facility on an open tender basis, and
(iii)to adopt two tier bid system – technical bid and financial bid while tendering the facility.
The salient features of the policy for establishment of Centres for Perishable Cargo (CPC) are –
(i) If CPC is created with assistance of APEDA and run by AAI, Special Terminal Processing (TSP) charge @ Rs. 0.70 per kg. is charged.
(ii) Were CPC is created by Central/State Government organization by leasing land/space from AAI, in addition to the TSP @ Rs. 0.70 per kg., a percentage of gross turnover is also payable to AAI.
(iii) Where CPC is created and run by a private party by leasing land from AAI, the tariff to be charged is decided by that party. AAI gets licence fee in addition to a certain percentage of gross turnover from the licensee.
(iv) This policy is applicable to all airports except IGI Airport, Delhi and CSI Airport, Mumbai.
02/03/07 Press Information Bureau (press release)

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Categories: Cargo Mar 2007