Thursday, July 30, 2009

Deccan 360 to launch express cargo operations


Deccan 360 is gearing up to launch express operations "in a few months", according to its founder and managing director, Captain G R Gopinath. According to the captain, "we will provide guaranteed, fast, reliable, integrated, on demand, worldwide, door to door movement of shipments which are tracked and controlled throughout the journey." "The solutions will essentially be customised to ensure that the varied logistics needs of verticals like electronics, automobiles, textiles, manufacturing, banking and pharmaceuticals are catered to." Deccan 360 is currently in the process of finishing off its express cargo hub at Nagpur in central India. This will be the core of the company’s hub and spoke distribution model.Agreements have also been signed to set up express cargo facilities at Delhi and Hyderabad airports. Deccan 360 plans to deploy three Airbus A310 freighters with a capacity of 35 tonnes each, along with six smaller ATR aircraft for use on internal routes in India.

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