Chennai: Given the spurt in consignments of live animals that have been flown in and out of the city in the last three years, most of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) workers have become adept at ensuring that animals are comfortable and safe before being loaded on their flights.
Despite cargo movement having dipped in the last two years due to an international downturn, storage and handling charges haven’t been hiked drastically from 2010 onward. “In the last three months alone, we have handled live consignments of more than 10 racehorses and all the handlers have been happy with the way that we have worked with the animals,” said an officer who handles cargo operations at the Meenambakkam Cargo Complex.
He added that there was a definite increase in the number of live animal consignments that Chennai has been seeing, especially in 2013. As proof of how confident they were in the airline and cargo staff, the owners of seven thoroughbreds actually flew the horses in on a Lufthansa cargo plane from Frankfurt on January 9 and appreciated the staff for getting the animals ‘cleared’, sans red tape and delay.
29/01/14 New Indian Express
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Despite cargo movement having dipped in the last two years due to an international downturn, storage and handling charges haven’t been hiked drastically from 2010 onward. “In the last three months alone, we have handled live consignments of more than 10 racehorses and all the handlers have been happy with the way that we have worked with the animals,” said an officer who handles cargo operations at the Meenambakkam Cargo Complex.
He added that there was a definite increase in the number of live animal consignments that Chennai has been seeing, especially in 2013. As proof of how confident they were in the airline and cargo staff, the owners of seven thoroughbreds actually flew the horses in on a Lufthansa cargo plane from Frankfurt on January 9 and appreciated the staff for getting the animals ‘cleared’, sans red tape and delay.
29/01/14 New Indian Express
