The Covid-19 lockdown, transport restrictions and shortage of farm workers triggered a 49% drop in perishable cargo sent through the Kempegowda International Airport in April, compared to the same period last year. In all, 1,425 Metric Tonnes (MT) were processed during the month. <\/p>\n
The blockade of district borders by Karnataka also had a significant impact on cargo movement. Last year, 2,770 MT were processed during the same month last year. Timely delivery of perishable items with a limited shelf life to consumers presents complicated challenges, in terms of maintaining quality and freshness. <\/p>\n
Doha, top destination <\/p>\n
Doha was the top destination for perishables from Bengaluru, having received 834 MT. Dubai was second, with 146 MT, and London was third at 110 MT. Ten airlines, including two Indian carriers, transported perishables to 28 international destinations, according to the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Covid-19 lockdown, transport restrictions and shortage of farm workers triggered a 49% drop in perishable cargo sent through the Kempegowda International Airport in April, compared to the same period last year. In all, 1,425 Metric Tonnes (MT) were processed during the month. The blockade of district borders by Karnataka also had a significant impact on cargo movement. Last year, 2,770 MT were processed during the same month last year. Timely delivery of perishable items with a limited shelf life to consumers presents complicated challenges, in terms of maintaining quality and freshness. Doha, top destination Doha was the top destination […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,146,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-civil-aviation-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-deccan-herald-newspapers","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}