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Airports handle 6% more domestic cargo at 1.39mn tonnes in FY2025

ndian airports handled Bengaluru International
I3.7 million tonnes of Airport (BIAL) reported
cargo in the financial year a 21 percent increase in
2024-25 (April 2024 to international cargo handled
March 2025) compared to at 321,283 tonnes followed by
3.36 million tonnes during Hyderabad International Airport
the last financial year, an (GHIAL) at 98,825 tonnes.
increase of 10 percent. While Large airports - Mumbai and
international cargo handled Delhi - also reported high
increased 14 percent to 2.32 double digit growth, according
million tonnes, domestic to available data. Delhi reported
cargo was up six percent at a 13 percent increase in
1.39 million tonnes, according international cargo at 729,784
to data from the Airport tonnes and Mumbai at 654,756
Authority of India (AAI). tonnes, up 11 percent.

Air India receives GDP
certification for pharma Jet Express, India's new cargo airline,
set to launch in Q1 2026
cargo business

ir India has been awarded The GDP certification validates
Athe Good Distribution Air India’s compliance with
Practices (GDP) certification international guidelines for the
for its cargo business. The safe and secure distribution
certification validates that of pharmaceuticals. In the
an organisation follows financial year 2024-25, Air
standards and protocols India transported over 4,000
for handling time and tonnes of pharmaceuticals
temperature-sensitive across the globe.
pharmaceutical shipments. “This certification provides
“Air India is the first and a shot in the arm to our et Freight Logistics, the Mumbai-based freight
only Indian carrier, and expertise and capabilities Jforwarding company listed on both the BSE and
among a few in Asia, to have in this specialised space of NSE, is set to launch a new Indian cargo airline
achieved this global standard logistics, assuring partners named Jet Express in the first quarter of 2026. The
for excellence in handling, globally that we are fully airline will begin operations with one to two Airbus
storage, and transportation equipped to safeguard the A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft.
of time and temperature- integrity of every shipment,” The company will soon initiate the process to
sensitive pharmaceutical said Ramesh Mamidala, Head acquire an Air Operator's Certificate (AOC).
shipments,” reads the release. of Cargo, Air India. According to Richard Theknath, Chairman and
Managing Director of Jet Freight Logistics, Jet
Express will either operate as a subsidiary of the
listed entity or be established as a completely
separate company. Earlier, Elbe Flugzeugwerke
(EFW) — the joint venture between ST Engineering
and Airbus — announced Jet Freight Logistics
as the launch customer for its Airbus A330 P2F
programme. The announcement came alongside a
multi-aircraft agreement signed with UAE-based
investment firm Capital Partners (Confity).

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