There seems to have been a sudden realization in India’s Civil Aviation
Ministry circles that cargo has been ignored for far too long.
Though the fact might not be accepted by officials in the ministry, proposals for the establishment of cargo facilities that were pending for quite some time have been given the green signal.
The moves, perhaps, are also linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thrust on infrastructure.
One such proposal wants to establish a permanent cargo terminal at Amritsar International Airport.
The state government of Punjab sent a request to the government-controlled Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates the Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport at Amritsar, to turn the existing temporary cargo terminal into a permanent one.
The state also said that the Punjab government would give the land required to enhance the cargo facility.
In its request to AAI, the Punjab government pointed out that a permanent cargo terminal was required to help exporters of fruits and vegetables.
While these perishables exporters were losing business because of the lack of international flights from Amritsar, a lack of temperature-controlled storing facilities compounded the problem.
Not too long ago, there were flights from Amritsar to London, Birmingham, and Toronto.
Exporters used these flights to send fruits and vegetables to the Punjabi diaspora settled in Britain and Canada.
Now with the government at Delhi giving the nod for the establishment of the permanent cargo terminal at the international airport in the city, there is hope that international flights will be restarted.
Read news in full 02/08/14 Air Cargo News
Though the fact might not be accepted by officials in the ministry, proposals for the establishment of cargo facilities that were pending for quite some time have been given the green signal.
The moves, perhaps, are also linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thrust on infrastructure.
One such proposal wants to establish a permanent cargo terminal at Amritsar International Airport.
The state government of Punjab sent a request to the government-controlled Airports Authority of India (AAI), which operates the Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport at Amritsar, to turn the existing temporary cargo terminal into a permanent one.
The state also said that the Punjab government would give the land required to enhance the cargo facility.
In its request to AAI, the Punjab government pointed out that a permanent cargo terminal was required to help exporters of fruits and vegetables.
While these perishables exporters were losing business because of the lack of international flights from Amritsar, a lack of temperature-controlled storing facilities compounded the problem.
Not too long ago, there were flights from Amritsar to London, Birmingham, and Toronto.
Exporters used these flights to send fruits and vegetables to the Punjabi diaspora settled in Britain and Canada.
Now with the government at Delhi giving the nod for the establishment of the permanent cargo terminal at the international airport in the city, there is hope that international flights will be restarted.
Read news in full 02/08/14 Air Cargo News
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