Air cargo volume between India, Malaysia on upsurge
India remained the largest air cargo market for Malaysia in the South Asian region with total freight traffic recording more than 20,000 tonnes between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and seven major Indian airports last year.
By PTI |
KUALA LUMPUR: India remained the largest air cargo market for Malaysia in the South Asian region with total freight traffic recording more than 20,000 tonnes between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and seven major Indian airports last year.
Air cargo movements between south Asia and the KLIA recorded a remarkable growth of 19.1 per cent and within south Asia, India remained as the largest market for Malaysia, said Portsworld, a transport publication.
It said that the total volume of cargo between the international airport here and the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai registered 32.36 per cent totalling 23,745 tonnes last year compared with 17,939 tonnes in 2004.
The South Asian region which included India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and the Maldives remained as the fifth biggest air cargo market for Malaysia after North East Asia, Europe and South East Asia and Southwest Pacific, the publication said.
The overall cargo traffic at KLIA rose to 653,653 tonnes in 2005 compared with 651,746 tonnes in 2004.
The year 2005 was also significant for the air cargo growth on the Malaysia-China sector with five new destinations - Kunming, Nanning, Shenzen, Haikou and Xi-An coming up besides the traditional destinations of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and Xiamen.
Air cargo movements between south Asia and the KLIA recorded a remarkable growth of 19.1 per cent and within south Asia, India remained as the largest market for Malaysia, said Portsworld, a transport publication.
It said that the total volume of cargo between the international airport here and the airports at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai registered 32.36 per cent totalling 23,745 tonnes last year compared with 17,939 tonnes in 2004.
The South Asian region which included India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and the Maldives remained as the fifth biggest air cargo market for Malaysia after North East Asia, Europe and South East Asia and Southwest Pacific, the publication said.
The overall cargo traffic at KLIA rose to 653,653 tonnes in 2005 compared with 651,746 tonnes in 2004.
The year 2005 was also significant for the air cargo growth on the Malaysia-China sector with five new destinations - Kunming, Nanning, Shenzen, Haikou and Xi-An coming up besides the traditional destinations of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and Xiamen.
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