Rivals force Air India Cargo to drop Mumbai-Paris service

Mumbai: Air India Cargo (AIC) will soon withdraw its cargo operations from the Mumbai-Paris route, and instead, will deploy its two freighter aircraft in South East Asian sectors like Hong Kong and Singapore. AIC had started its Paris operations in June 2007 and will withdraw services due to stiff competition from airlines like Air France and Lufthansa.
Confirming the news, Wolfgang Scholinz, cargo sales manager at Air India, told FE, “Airlines like Air France and Lufthansa offer cheaper rates than AIC for uplifting cargo. The market in Paris has not accepted the product (AIC) due to higher uplifting charges.” It is learnt that the charges for uplifting cargo by the rival freighter aircraft on the Paris-Mumbai route is less than euro 30 per kilogram, which is nearly 25% less then what AIC charges to its customers on the route.
26/01/08 Shaheen Mansuri/Financial Express

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