SpiceXpress launches freight service from Vijayawada

Aimed at expanding its cargo facilities, airline major SpiceJet launched its first dedicated freight service connecting Vijayawada with other parts of the country on Saturday.

Published: 14th February 2021 10:08 AM  |   Last Updated: 14th February 2021 01:49 PM   |  A+A-

SpiceXpress launches freight service at the Gannavaram airport terminal | Express

By Express News Service

VIJAYAWADA:  Aimed at expanding its cargo facilities, airline major SpiceJet launched its first dedicated freight service connecting Vijayawada with other parts of the country on Saturday. The airline operated its first freight flight SpiceXpress from Vijayawada to Kolkata carrying 15 tonnes of cargo. Vijayawada International Airport Director G Madhusudana Rao, along with SpiceJet regional manager Ravi Kumar and Shreepa Logistics Private Limited CEO Rama Rao, launched the facility on the Gannavaram airport terminal premises on Saturday. 

Speaking on the occasion, the Airport Director said that a domestic cargo facility was launched at the old terminal building in June, 2018 and the services commenced in August. About 40 tonnes of cargo is handled per day through Airbus-320 and Boeing 707 in a 200 square metres area. 

In the last seven months, the terminal has handled a cargo capacity of 400 to 450 tonnes of aqua products like shrimp and fish to other parts of the country. The newly-launched freight service will be operated between Vijayawada and Kolkata thrice a week to transport aqua products from the fish ponds and sea within 200 km radius of Vijayawada, Rao said.

“We are requesting the aqua farmers and traders to make use of the cargo facilities launched from the terminal to export perishable goods from Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and twin Godavari districts to Kolkata, Mumbai and Surat at affordable prices,” the Airport Director said. He further said that steps are being taken to develop a designated building in an extent of 2,500 square metres for handling exclusive cargo operations along with a cold storage facility. 



Comments

Disclaimer : We respect your thoughts and views! But we need to be judicious while moderating your comments. All the comments will be moderated by the newindianexpress.com editorial. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or inflammatory, and do not indulge in personal attacks. Try to avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines.

The views expressed in comments published on newindianexpress.com are those of the comment writers alone. They do not represent the views or opinions of newindianexpress.com or its staff, nor do they represent the views or opinions of The New Indian Express Group, or any entity of, or affiliated with, The New Indian Express Group. newindianexpress.com reserves the right to take any or all comments down at any time.

flipboard facebook twitter whatsapp