The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, and the Minister for Communications and Information and Technology, Mr A. Raja, are together making an Indian dream come true, parcels being delivered any where in the country within 24 hours of posting. This will happen with the official launch in Chennai on Sunday of India Post’s country-wide services using Air India Cargo aircraft. India Post has been given Air India Cargo’s three Boeing 737-200 aircraft of the 1970s vintage to cover the North-East. The three planes, which earlier used to fly for Alliance Air, can together carry 40 tonnes of mail which will be sorted at the hub in Nagpur before being airlifted on an AI cargo freighter to the airport closest to the ultimate destination of a parcel. Mr Patel and Mr Raja hope that with this move, India Post will be able to take on the global express industry players (DHL, TNT, UPS and FedEx) that are seeking to expand in India.
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