Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (KIAB) on Friday (March 12) introduced the opening of the nation’s first dedicated express cargo terminal, which might assist the non-public airport operator to deal with over 25 per cent extra cargo yearly.
The express cargo marketplace for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sectors has large potential to develop over the following decade. It is on account of a bigger enjoying subject with a number of service suppliers, improved transit time, and value-added companies and the brand new facility, arrange solely for export and import of worldwide couriers, would cater to this demand, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) stated in a launch.
Developed by BIAL, the operator of the Bengaluru airport, the 2-lakh-sq-ft built-to-suit facility will home main international express courier organisations corresponding to DHL Express and FedEx Express, it stated.
The Express Industry Council of India (EICI) will function the common-user express terminal for different courier corporations, which can add impetus to Bengaluru’s already robust e-commerce base.
The terminal could have a dedicated house for customs places of work and direct entry to each land and airside.
“The Bengaluru airport is well on track towards becoming a cargo hub, offering world-class infrastructure, powered by leading global logistics providers. “With express courier gaining higher significance following the exponential progress of e-commerce, the Express Cargo Terminal is a big step in direction of supporting and driving this progress,” stated BIAL Managing Director and CEO Hari Marar.
In addition, it’ll facilitate commerce and quicker motion of products internationally, he added.
The new facility will allow the Bengaluru airport to course of 1,50,000 tonnes yearly, taking the airport’s general annual cargo capability to 7,20,000 tonnes from the present 5,70,000 tonnes at current, BIAL stated.
This is a first-of-its-kind warehousing facility at an Indian airport, which has been designed and built-to-suit, providing operators with streamlined operational workflows the availability for future enlargement, it stated. Stating that the mechanised truck docks will allow faster acceptance and supply of freight, it stated the terminal, with dedicated house for every operator, is anticipated to enhance throughput and caters to the wants of the burgeoning business.
“The Bengaluru airport, as we all know, is strategically located, and is a major gateway for cross-border international trade in southern India.
“With BIAL creating India’s first dedicated Express Cargo Terminal, the express business has now received a serious enhance to proceed rising the express enterprise and obtain higher heights,” stated?EICI Chief Executive Officer Vijay Kumar.
