News / Air freight making inroads into India's e-commerce market

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Road dominates India’s e-commerce market, but air freight is making inroads as Air India Cargo considers reintroducing full freighters for the first time since 2012.

Speaking to The Loadstar at Fiata’s World Congress in Delhi, the flag-carrier’s assistant manager of cargo sales, Nitin Kumar, confirmed it was reassessing its use of freighters.

“We are considering plans to launch domestic freighter services before looking to expand these operations to further destinations,” said Mr Kumar.

“These would likely be European destinations, but before any decision ...