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State Government | Karnataka - India | PID: 194827
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The Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru has launched work on a dedicated 200,000 sqft express cargo terminal, exclusively for export and import of international couriers. The facility will house global express courier organizations. The express cargo market for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sectors has tremendous potential for growth over the next decade. It is on account of larger playing field with multiple service providers, improved transit time, and value-added services and the new facility, set up exclusively for export and import of international couriers, would cater to this demand. The terminal will have a dedicated space for Customs offices and direct access to both landside and airside. The new facility will enable Kempegowda International Airport to process 150,000 metric tons (MT) annually, taking the airports overall annual cargo capacity to 720,000 MT, from the existing 570,000 MT. The Bengaluru airport is well on track towards becoming a cargo hub, offering world-class infrastructure, powered by leading global logistics providers. Hari Marar, Bangalore International Airport's MD & CEO informed that express courier is gaining greater significance following the exponential growth of eCommerce and the Cargo Terminal at BLR Airport is a significant step towards supporting and driving this growth further. This is a first-of-its-kind warehousing facility at an Indian airport, which has been designed and built-to-suit, offering operators with streamlined operational workflows the provision for future expansion. Stating that the mechanized truck docks will enable quicker acceptance and delivery of the freight as dedicated space for each operator, is expected to improve throughput and caters to the needs of the burgeoning industry
| Updated on: 20 - Mar - 2021
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