News / Delhi taking the lion's share of India's new air cargo capacity

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Increased demand for airfreight out of India has seen global capacity from the subcontinent rise 7% this year so far – but it’s a tale of two airports, with Delhi taking on the bulk of the extra supply.

As a result, Delhi Airport is becoming congested, according to local forwarders.

Capacity out of the Indian sub-continent to Europe was up 10% last month, year on year, and up 9% year to date, according to Rotate’s capacity database. To North America, capacity was ...