Indian Post flags off first air freight service

The carrier, a Boeing 737-200 to be operated by Air India, was flagged off by Union Communications and IT Minister A. Raja in Guwahati, Assam, Wednesday, August 29.

The freight service in the North-East (N-E) was an endeavor to bring the N-E region to the heart of India's economy and help it keep up with the rest of the country, Raja said.

With rapid economic growth in the country, he said, the hopes and aspirations of the N-E people also increased and the freighter service was to affect a longtime solution and meet these challenges.

It was for the first time that Indian Post and Air India had come together and the two service providers had a great future in this partnership, Raja added.

The freight service would operate to and from Kolkata and from the rest of the country to Guwahati, Imphal and Agartala as part of postal department's effort to improve its mail network and infrastructure in the N-E states.