News / First shipper uses new land-air corridor ex-India for Bangladesh exports

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Inditex appears to be the first shipper to use a new land-air corridor out of Bangladesh via India, following a bilateral agreement.

The first freighter service, a 747-8F operated by Atlas Air, departed from Delhi Airport on Monday for Zaragoza in Spain, where Inditex has a logistics centre, carrying some 124mt of cargo.

The consignment was mainly ready-made garments (RMG), the mainstay of Bangladesh’s export trade, which has expanded market share as global importers increasingly search for alternative markets to doing business ...