News / Indian airports ready to partner globally for 'first digital air freight corridor'

Airports around the world could help relieve the “disconnect” between Indian and global supply chains that has led to Indian air cargo “punching way below its weight”.

According to Vandana Aggarwal, economic adviser to India’s ministry of civil aviation, the gap can be narrowed through digital connectivity, and the government is making good progress towards its ambition to see air cargo volumes grow from 3.56m tonnes currently, to 6.5m by 2024 and 10m by 2027.

But Ms Aggarwal, speaking at Air Cargo ...