FedEx launches new intercontinental cargo route to India
Friday, 08 April 2011, 16:47 IST
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New Delhi:Leading global cargo service provider FedEx Express has launched the new intercontinental flight route with a newly acquired Boeing 777F aircraft to provide better international connection to Indian cargo business. "We are getting heavy cargo demands from northern India in businesses like automobile, fashion, gems and jewellery, hi-tech goods. The businesses in this market are witnessing a double-digit growth, for which there is a demand for increased cargo space," FedEx Express India Vice-President (Operations) Kenneth F Koval said. Deployment of the new Boeing 777F is aimed at meeting this demand, as it would offer improved revenue payload capacity of 81 metric tonnes over the 71 metric tonnes offered by MD 11s, the primary long haul aircraft in the company's fleet.
Source: PTI
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