Bangalore: Emirates SkyCargo plans to focus big on e-freight or paperless air waybills.
About 20 per cent of the cargo carrier's load moves as e-freight now, and “we want to make it 100 per cent by 2013-14,” Mr Ravishankar Mirle, Regional Manager – Commercial Operations (Asia and Australasia regions), Emirates SkyCargo, told Business Line. Paper documents are making way for digitised ones, he said.
Removing paper documents means considerable savings per shipment, he said. “Being paperless also means less fuel, and we are saving $9 per shipment,” he pointed out.
According to him, on an average the carrier carries 200 kg of paper (documents) per flight. While Dubai is already on 100 per cent e-freight, among Indian destinations, Bangalore also high e-freight penetration, he said.
For Emirates SkyCargo, India offers a capacity of about 13,000 tonnes a month, of which Bangalore accounts for 1,260 tonnes and was the fastest growing market. Emirates operates 21 weekly flights from Bangalore to Dubai, and offers over 300 tonnes of cargo capacity in the belly of these aircraft.
17/03/12 Anjana Chandramouly/Business Line
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