PUNE In a bid to boost cargo services from Pune International Airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) Pune has now written to the defense ministry, demanding a 2.5 acre land parcel near the Pune airport premises which belongs to the Indian Air Force. If and once this space is given to the AAI, it will boost cargo shipping from Pune to all over the world.
“Currently, there is hardly a space of 500 square feet available for cargo goods’ transportation from the airport premises and due to the pandemic, most of the cargo transported is vaccine bottles across the country. Apart from that, there are other goods transported too, but due to the limited space we are not able to increase our cargo services,” said Santosh Doke, Pune airport director.
As of now, domestic cargo transportation is being operated from Pune airport while most of the logistics companies have to send their goods to international destinations from Mumbai airport. If the space for the cargo facility at Pune airport is increased, several new domestic destinations along with international cities will also be added to the cargo services.
