Aryan Cargo plans foreign connections

New Delhi: Aryan Cargo Express, a dedicated cargo airline, will begin international operations from the first quarter of 2010. Initially, the company would operate within Asia and Europe with four Airbus 310-300F aircraft before moving on to using Airbus 330-200F planes. Aryan will treat the Saarc countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Afghanistan) as one market, providing connectivity within the bloc with Southeast Asia, China, West Asia, the CIS and European countries in the first phase.
Right now, GR Gopinath's Deccan 360 is the only other dedicated Indian cargo airline in an industry dominated by multinational companies such as Blue Dart and DHL. As India recovers from an economic slowdown, domestic air freight has been growing in double digits year-on-year since May, compared with a contraction between October last year and March, according to data released by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
03/12/09 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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