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AISATS Coolport, India's first cool handling facility, opens at Bengaluru
AISATS Coolport, India's first integrated on-airport 11,000-square metre perishable cargo handling centre, has been officially opened at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, by Air India SATS Airport Services, to handle pharmaceuticals, fruit, vegetables, flowers, meat and seafood, ending a three-month trial period when volumes ballooned by 27 per cent year on year.
Aside from temperature-controlled container handling, the new cool chain facility can handle up to 40,000 tons of cargo per annum, and offers refrigerated trucking services, cool trolleys and thermal blankets.
During the trial period, 4,653 tonnes temperature-sensitive and perishable import and export cargo passed through the AISATS Coolport, London's Air Cargo News reported.
AISATS Coolport has already obtained its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for receiving, handling, storing and dispatching pharmaceutical and perishable cargo, and now aims to bag the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification in the near future.
"As India aims to become the world's third-largest aviation market by 2020, we believe that the cargo industry will play a crucial role in achieving this objective," said AISATS chief executive Mike Chew.
"However, there is an immediate need to develop adequate infrastructure to boost the growth of the air cargo industry," he said.
Aside from temperature-controlled container handling, the new cool chain facility can handle up to 40,000 tons of cargo per annum, and offers refrigerated trucking services, cool trolleys and thermal blankets.
During the trial period, 4,653 tonnes temperature-sensitive and perishable import and export cargo passed through the AISATS Coolport, London's Air Cargo News reported.
AISATS Coolport has already obtained its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification for receiving, handling, storing and dispatching pharmaceutical and perishable cargo, and now aims to bag the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification in the near future.
"As India aims to become the world's third-largest aviation market by 2020, we believe that the cargo industry will play a crucial role in achieving this objective," said AISATS chief executive Mike Chew.
"However, there is an immediate need to develop adequate infrastructure to boost the growth of the air cargo industry," he said.
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