Emirates plans shift to e-freight system

Emirates has operationalised the e-freight paperless customs processing at Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai airports, and has put in place the necessary infrastructure for a planned shift soon to e-freight at all the 10 airports in India that it operates from. This follows the International Air Transport Association (IATA) guideline to move to a paperless customs processing by 2014. With e-freight, the industry is expected to net a saving of $4.9 billion.
Ram C Menen, divisional senior vice president, Emirates Airline, told the media here on Thursday that technology was not a constraint and that it was hoping to implement the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES) 1.5, the application software for the e-freight system, this year.
Menen said air cargo generally grows at twice the pace of GDP growth, and with globalisation, business was building up in all segments.
22/01/11 Business Standard/Sify

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Categories: Foreign Jan 2011