Cathay Pacific Cargo to add more freighter ports in India

Mumbai: Cathay Pacific Cargo is likely to add Ahmedabad and Hyderabad in its freighter port network in India. Currently, the airline operates from New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore.
Cargo accounts for almost 30 per cent of the overall revenue of Cathay Pacific Airways and the cargo revenue for India alone is close to 28 per cent of the total India revenue.
The freighter airline recently launched freighters directly from Chennai to Frankfurt twice a week, Bengalore to Hong Kong daily and Delhi to Zaragoza as well as Amsterdam. It also has a direct service connecting India to Spain.
“With all these additions we are now at 33 departures a week from India using four metros namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengalore,” said Mr Ashish Kapur, Regional Cargo Manager – South Asia, Middle East and Africa, Cathay Pacific Airways. “India is a very important market for us. Apart from strengthening the existing routes and ports we are studying various routes at this moment for a possible launch in 2012,” he added.
19/01/12 Nivedita Ganguly/Business Line

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Cargo Jan 2012, Foreign Jan 2012