Gopinath gets ready for small parcels business

Mumbai: Come 15 October, G.R. Gopinath, pioneer of low-fare aviation in India, will start the first phase of expansion for his four-month-old air cargo venture, Deccan 360, by entering into the small parcels business with Nagpur as a hub.
From that date, Gopinath’s Deccan Cargo and Express Logistics Pvt. Ltd, which runs Deccan 360, will fly three large Airbus A310 planes and seven smaller ATR planes to connect 17 small and big Indian cities as well as international destinations such as Dubai and Hong Kong.
On Tuesday, Gopinath took delivery of a third A310 plane, which will be used to connect international routes from New Delhi and Chennai. “We will be taking delivery of seven ATR planes by (the) last week of September,” Deccan Cargo’s managing director Gopinath said in an interview to Mint on Tuesday. Gopinath launched Deccan Cargo in May with one A310 plane for its international general cargo business.
15/08/09 P.R. Sanjai/Livemint

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Categories: Cargo Aug 2009, Deccan 360 Aug 2009