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Indian launches automated cargo operations
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200607021964.htm
New Delhi, July. 2 (PTI): Public sector air carrier Indian has launched automated cargo operations connecting Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai.


The system would be extended to other domestic and international stations on the airlines network, an Indian Airlines spokesman said adding that all the stations would be covered by January 2007.


The end-to-end integrated automation process would offer a range of user friendly measures to cargo shippers and agents, who would now be able to make a booking online, track the movement of the cargo consignment or even check the delivery status.


For the airline, the automation would simplify procedures at the airport enabling speedy customer service, the spokesman said.


Using the barcode system, all consignments would be scanned at every step, including post-booking and security check so that all details of the consignment were made available to the customers at any point of time.



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IA Cargo is well-managed with ISO 9001. Has won many awards especially out of Dubai.


Brain behind it is IA's Mrs Khurana.



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http://www.ia-cargo.com/iccargo/indexback.jsp


Indian Airlines Cargo's strength lies in the large network, available infrastructure (warehousing and X-ray facilities), experienced manpower and a commitment for better service over other competitors. Further, new strategic alliances with European Cargo, Emery worldwide and GATI Cargo Management Services have been drawn up based on committed tonnage / revenues in the domestic and international markets.


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Talking about cargo:


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070300690600.htm


First Flight on its own wings


Ashwini Phadnis





The company is among the largest domestic courier operators, handling over 325,000 shipments everyday.






FIRST FLIGHT'S Deputy Managing Director, Mr R. K. Saboo, with the eight-tonne aircraft, the first of a fleet of three that the company will put into operation soon.


Courier company First Flight is to take to the skies with its own aircraft later this month. The company's Deputy Managing Director, Mr R. K. Saboo, said: "We should be ready to take to the skies by the second or third week of this month.

Our first aircraft is already here and a team has left to take acceptance of the second aircraft," he added. At the moment the company uses belly space in passenger aircraft for its courier business. The first aircraft, an advanced turbo-prop freighter that has been leased for seven year, is parked at a private airfield at Hosur, near Bangalore. The aircraft that the company is acquiring have a capacity of eight tonnes.

First Flight plans to have a fleet of three aircraft in the first phase and may look at either acquiring some more of the same kind of aircraft or getting larger aircraft in the second phase.

"We have not decided on the number or type of aircraft, which are likely to be inducted in the second phase. This would largely depend on how the first phase evolves," Mr Saboo added.

The funding for the project is to be entirely through internal accruals and the company plans to use each aircraft for 175-200 hours per month. The routing of the aircraft would depend on the infrastructure available at the airports around the country. "The routes would be finalised taking into consideration cargo and warehousing facilities that are available at airports," said Mr Saboo.

However, the company is clear that its primary focus would be to operate the aircraft in the domestic skies.

"As an established express operator we have our existing customers who would take up 65-70 per cent of the space in the aircraft being acquired," Mr Saboo said.

The company estimates that the induction of the aircraft should see a 30 per cent growth in revenues and a 15-20 per cent increase in tonnage carried by it. The company reported revenues of Rs 203.15 crore in 2005 up from Rs 181.24 crore the previous year. The company is among the largest domestic courier operators handling over 325,000 shipments daily.



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More details about IA Cargo:


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070303770300.htm


Indian starts cargo operations automation


Ashwini Phadnis





A variety of online services is on offer





Automation will simplify procedures at the airport, thereby allowing speedy customer service.





New Delhi , July 2

The automation of cargo operations of Indian has started with the Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Vishwapati Trivedi, launching the system on the network at Delhi airport.

In a statement, the airline has said that to begin with, the end-to-end integrated automation process would offer a range of measures to shippers and agents. By going to the airline's website www.indianairlines.in or www.ia-cargo.com and keying in a specific user name and password allotted to them by the airline, they will be able to make a booking on-line, create an airway bill, track the movement of the cargo consignment or even check the delivery status, the statement points out.

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For the airline, automation will simplify procedures at the airport, thereby allowing speedy customer service.

"Using the bar code system, all consignments will be scanned at every step including after booking, after security check, among others so that all details pertaining to the consignment are made available to the customer at any point of time," said an Indian official.

Besides, the airline would also experience other advantages like optimum capacity management, revenue management and flexible pricing and the filing of cargo manifest before the arrival of flights.

Initially, the automation process would cover Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and would subsequently be extended to other domestic and international stations on the airline's network. The statement adds that by January next year, all stations are expected to be covered under the process.



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 First Flight plans to have a fleet of three aircraft in the first phase and may look at either acquiring some more of the same kind of aircraft or getting larger aircraft in the second phase.

Finally Competition


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BTW what is the date of that image? its black n white???didnt  first flight hae a colour cam

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http://www.firstflight.net/


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http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu1&subLeft=1&autono=262710&tab=r
Indian Airlines to hive off cargo arm
 
Bipin Chandran / New Delhi October 24, 2006 
 
Hive-off to take place after the merger between Indian Airlines and Air-India. 
 
The proposed cargo operations of state-run Indian Airlines will be hived off into a separate company after the merger between Indian Airlines and Air-India. 
 
The cargo operations, which are being finalised, will operate as a division of Indian Airlines in the interim. 
 
“We are finalising the cargo plans. They will be taken to the board soon,” said an Indian Airlines executive. The government had approved in principle Indian Airlines’ plans to set up the cargo operations. 
 
As a start, Indian Airlines will convert five Boeing 737 aircraft into freighter aircraft. The five aircraft are now flown by Indian Airlines’ subsidiary, Alliance Air. Indian Airlines executives said the process of converting the passenger aircraft into freighters would start soon and it had floated an international tender for this. 
 
Cargo carriers are handling goods worth about Rs 25,000 crore in India now and the market is growing at about 20 per cent a year. Seeing the huge potential, a number of carriers like Jet Airways, Kingfisher and non-airline companies are also planing to start cargo airlines. 
 
The cargo market in India is expected to see huge growth due to the boom in the retail sector, since retail companies are expected to use cargo airlines for faster transport of goods across the country. 
 
Indian Airlines has been seeing a significant growth in its cargo operations over the last few years. For example, in 2003-04 and 2004-05 the airline saw its cargo revenues growing at about 18 per cent a year. 
 
Similarly Air-India is also expanding its cargo operations in phases over the next two years. It is planning to dry-lease up to three Airbus A310 dedicated freighters and one Boeing 747-400 dedicated freight aircraft. 
 
Besides, Air-India was also planing to convert its older A310 passenger aircraft into aircraft for freight services, a civil aviation ministry official said. 
 
It has also been decided that Air-India will operate dedicated freighters on key cargo routes to Europe, the US, Japan, Singapore and China. 



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