Cargo freighter service in Nagpur

Nagpur: In the 1950s, Nagpur airport served as a hub for the postal department's night mail service. Five decades later the model is being revived by Indian, which is set to launch its cargo freighter service in July, with Nagpur being the hub for the cargo operations.
The first of Indian's reconfigured Boeing 737 is expected to be delivered in July and will probably be used on the Delhi-Mumbai route. In all, five two-decade old B-737s are being reconfigured for cargo operations. Nagpur will be a transit hub—a convergence point for movement of the cargo from four metros—Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata. Sources said freighter planes may start flying into Nagpur from September onwards. A reconfigured B-737 can carry about 15 tonnes of cargo.
Indian handles about 350 tonnes cargo everyday and the movement is mainly out of the four metros, plus Bangalore and Hyderabad. Its annual revenue earnings from cargo are about Rs 400 crore.
13/05/07 Times of India

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Categories: Cargo May 2007