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Lok Sabha
The cargo traffic of Indian Airlines Ltd., experienced a growth rate of 15% in the year 2004-05. It is estimated to grow by approximately 15% in 2005-06. While the IA cargo traffic had seen a growth of 12.5% in 2002-03, the growth rate in 2003-04 had gone down to 6%. This information was given in the Lok Sabha today by Shri Praful Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation.
The Minister also informed the House that Indian Airlines Ltd., has plans to commence its own retail courier and freighter services, on hub and spoke pattern with Nagpur as a hub, to tap the express market. For this purpose, initially five Boeing 737 aircrafts are proposed to be considered for conversion into freighter aircrafts.
Indian Airlines has launched aggressive marketing schemes and is taking measures like cargo computerization with track and trace facility on the net, having its own cargo website on the net, flexible pricing, focusing on direct sales to shippers and corporate, entering into pro-rata agreements with various airlines to increase cargo carriage etc. to improve the cargo tonnage/revenue further.
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