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How India Is Making It Faster to Send Packages Far Away 🚚

The government started a new system at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to move cargo faster.

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Key Points

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Network expansion adds four domestic origin stations and two international destinations.

Cargo moved through Delhi grew from 1,763 to 3,183 metric tonnes per month, an 80% rise.

Plane capacity utilisation rose from 75% to nearly 100%.

Average transit time on the Chennai‑Delhi‑Frankfurt route cut from 60 hours to 20 hours.

The new rules let cargo go through special hold areas without being checked again, saving time.

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Four more Indian cities – Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Hyderabad – are now part of the network, plus London and Copenhagen overseas.

The test showed travel time fell from about 60 hours to just 20 hours.

Air India planes are now almost completely full, moving about 280 metric tonnes so far.

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9 words

transshipment

moving goods from one aircraft to another during a journey

cargo

goods or packages carried by an aircraft

hub

central airport where many flights connect

turnaround time

the time needed for a plane to finish loading and start the next flight

congestion

when too many planes or goods are in one place, causing delays

proof of concept

a small trial that proves an idea works

metric tonne

a weight of 1,000 kilograms, about 2,200 pounds

utilisation

how much of a plane's space is being used

security safeguards

extra safety rules to protect cargo

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