Department of Posts to operate daily cargo flight to north-eastern States

New Delhi: To improve its efficiency in the north-eastern States, the Department of Posts (DoP) has acquired an airplane from Air India that will operate a daily cargo flight carrying parcels, courier, speed post and letters to the seven States in the region.
The operation of the cargo aircraft will begin within a month after the Boeing 737 taken on lease from Air India returns from the U.S. after being converted into a cargo plane and equipped with necessary gadgets required to load and unload courier packets and other items.
“IndiaPost will fly this cargo plane daily from Kolkata in the morning, drop courier packets and parcels at Agartala and Imphal to return to Kolkata in the evening,” informed a senior DoP official, adding that at present at least 100 tonnes of cargo was being booked daily for the seven north-eastern States and is likely to grow further in coming months.
Stating that the maintenance and operation of the aircraft would be done by the pilots and engineers of Air India, the DoP official said their job would be handling and delivery of parcels, letters and couriers for which the department would make payments to Air India.
12/08/07 Sandeep Joshi/The Hindu

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