Cargo airlines flag operational hurdles at NMIA
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- ✓Cargo airlines shifting to Navi Mumbai International Airport face major operational hurdles, including equipment shortages and long turnaround times.
- ✓Challenge Group suspended its services, noting, "The present operational setup does not yet enable us to deliver our cargo services with the level of reliability and certainty we require." Many others struggle.
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- India Economy
Cargo carriers shifting operations from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) are facing longer turnaround times, manpower and ground-handling equipment shortages, limited warehousing capacity and commuting challenges.
Freighter operators that have operated from NMIA include National Airlines, Hong Kong Air Cargo, Cathay Cargo, Turkish Cargo, Qatar Airways Cargo, Silk Way West, MASkargo, MNG Airlines, SF Airlines, AIROne, Suparna Airlines, ROMCargo Airlines and Maximus Air. IndiGo CarGo became the first freight carrier at NMIA when it launched operations on August 1.
The operational challenges have prompted Challenge Group to temporarily suspend its Mumbai operations at NMIA.
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