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123/A, Miranda City Likaoli Prikano, Dope
+0989 7876 9865 9
+(090) 8765 86543 85
info@example.com
example.mail@hum.com
The Adani group-run Guwahati airport has seen a 35 per cent year-on
-year growth in domestic cargo and is planning to build an integrated terminal
to support e-commerce and export of local products from North-East region. Growth in cargo movement was led by Blue
Dart which began its scheduled freighter operations on January 29
last year. At present, Blue Dart is only cargo airline operating to
Guwahati and it flies Boeing 737 freighter five times a week offering 21 tonnes
capacity each way. Additionally, the airline also operates charter flights
to Guwahati on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India using its Boeing 757 plane.
Guwahati airport handled 19,914.5 tonnes of domestic freight between
April and December 2024. While cargo flows are bi-directional, inbound accounts
for 60-75 per cent of total freight movement. at Guwahati. Blue Dart is
seeing a pick-up in freight with an improvement in service delivery in
North-East region. While loads on
outbound flights are still low, freight carriage into Guwahati has grown, it is
learnt. This includes e-commerce, mail and parcels.
Plans are being drawn up to build an integrated cargo terminal. This
comes amid Assam government’s push to attract investment and grow gross State
domestic product. The new integrated cargo terminal is in conceptualisation
stage. The proposed ICT facility will
house both domestic inbound and outbound, international import and export
operations and will efficiently support regional distributions, besides
facilitating the process of special cargo such as perishable and pharma.
The ICT will play an important role in augmenting the capacity of
the airport and providing conducive infrastructure for efficient cargo movement
from the region.
