00:11Logistics as a word has become very popular in India only over the last 7-8 years.
00:18It has been a word used very extensively by our Prime Minister and the other ministers.
00:26So now there is a hype for the whole thing, but the cargo industry in India has consistently
00:34grown over the last 65-75 years from maybe 3 or 4 international airports, we are now at
00:44about 11 or 12 international airports and the domestic airports, presently we are totally
00:52at about 150 airports and we hope that India should have around 400 airports in the near
01:00future.
01:01Now this opens up an avenue for smaller aircrafts, this opens up an avenue for e-commerce going
01:12right into the interiors of India, it also opens up a market for the artisans and the cottage
01:21industries in India because then the nearest airport would be only within 40-50 kilometres
01:28from where it is being produced.
01:30To give you an idea about what is the whole scene, our estimate is that India does approximately
01:40200,000 international courier shipments every month.
01:47These do not include e-com, e-com is considered as a separate category and that figure is expected
01:54to be at around 300,000.
01:58To this you have to add approximately 10,000 airshipments handled through Indian customs on
02:07a daily basis and all of this was only the international portion.
02:13The domestic portion is much larger than that.
02:16So it is something that India has adopted very easily with both hands and we have a good domain
02:28knowledge in the way you handle air cargo before reaching the airport, at the airport, onto the
02:36aircraft, off the aircraft, at the airport and after the airport and this industry is growing
02:43very fast, we have more and more people entering this segment regularly.
02:51In addition, the universities and the colleges have also started teaching logistics and air cargo
03:02is a very integral part of logistics.
03:05So you will now find people in cities where the nearest airport is 200-300 kilometres away
03:13but the youth understand air cargo and they want to make careers over there.
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