Cargo exports need wide bodied aircraft

VISAKHAPATNAM: The air cargo from Vizag would be expected to increase around 35% to 40% per year in the next couple of years if the government provides necessary storage facilities and also availability of widebody aircraft.
The air cargo would be increased to 24000 tonnes per year from14000 tonnes. To achieve this, there should be at least two wide body cargo aircraft needed and also a facility of pellet packing and different temperature storage facility at the airport.
The Visakhapatnam Air Freight Forwarders Association says that there is huge potential for air cargo from AP, especially from Vizag, but lack of connectivity and facilities such as pallet packing scanning for pharma products, insufficient warehousing storage, different temperature storage compartments for perishable cargo, lack of dedicated cargo flights or wide body aircrafts and lack of space in direct international flights in passenger cargo have become hurdles.