Aryan Cargo to begin operations by October

New Delhi: Cargo airline start-up Aryan Cargo Express Pvt. Ltd plans to start global operations by October even as most other aspirants in the segment say they are still putting their logistics systems in place.
India currently has just two dedicated cargo carriers—National Aviation Co. of India Ltd‘s Air India Cargo and Blue Dart Express Ltd’s Blue Dart, with a combined fleet of just over 24 dedicated aircraft— though the civil aviation ministry has given out at least five more air cargo licences in the past 18 months to various firms.
In the wings: A Boeing 747-400 freighter plane at the final stage of assembly in Seattle, US. Aryan Cargo Express, which plans to start global cargo operations by October, has secured permission from the civil aviation ministry to lease two Boeing 747-400F aircraft.
In the wings: A Boeing 747-400 freighter plane at the final stage of assembly in Seattle, US. Aryan Cargo Express, which plans to start global cargo operations by October, has secured permission from the civil aviation ministry to lease two Boeing 747-400F aircraft.
New Delhi-based Aryan Cargo said it was choosing its international routes carefully. The carrier intends to connect cities such as Tashkent, Amsterdam and Shanghai from New Delhi. Amsterdam and Shanghai are ranked the world’s fifth and 14th biggest cargo hubs, respectively, by industry grouping International Air Transport Association, or Iata.
05/08/08 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

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