|  AIR CARGO DIVISION
In pursuance of its objective to provide improved Intermodal logistics solutions to India’s trade, CONCOR entered the field of air cargo in 1999. The Air Cargo business was formalized as a division at the Corporate Office in 2003 to provide a focused attention.
CONCOR undertakes various Air Cargo activities as follows:
- Road feeder services
a)Airports to airports
b)Airports to Inland Container Depots/Container Freight Station
- Air Freight Station in ICD/CFS.
- Centres for Perishable Cargo.
- Bonded warehousing for imports at its ICDs/CFSs.
- Air Cargo Complex at Ozhar Airport, Nasik and old Airport, Banglore.
Road Feeder Services
CONCOR has obtained requisite permission from customs at major international airports as well as at 49 other ICDs spread across the country for movement of export/import cargo under bond. CONCOR currently provides road feeder services from Delhi, Mumbai, Agra, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Moradabad, Jaipur, Whitefield (Bangalore), Chennai, Sanathnagar (Secundrabad), Kolkata, Sabarmati (Ahmedabad), Nagpur, Aurangabad, Pithampur (Indore) etc. This service is proposed to be expanded to other places as well.
Air cargo complexes and Centres for Perishable Cargo
CONCOR has opened a greenfield Cargo Complex at Ozhar Airport, Nasik, jointly with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The complex has an air cargo facility, sea cargo facility & a Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) for direct international airlifting from/to Nasik Airport. CONCOR is also constructing a “Packhouse”- centre for sorting, grading, packing and precooling of vegetables & fruits prior to export, at Nasik.
CONCOR has constructed a another CPC at Goa Airport to promote the perishable cargo trade.
Bonded & Other Warehousing
Air Imports desiring deferred payment of duty are offered customs bonded warehousing facility at our ICDs. This is a thriving business at ICD/Whitefield at Bangaluru. Bonded warehousing is available at other ICDs as well. (a list of CONCOR’s ICDs can be seen elsewhere for information). Warehouses can also be offered on leave and license basis, wherever available.
Air cargo is growing the world over. CONCOR plans to move hand in hand with this growth by steadily increasing its facilitation to the air cargo trade by participating in other activities as well.
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