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Contents<br />
VOL 9 - ISSUE 2 • APR- JUN <strong>2018</strong><br />
THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF<br />
AIR CARGO AGENTS ASSOCIATION OF INDIA<br />
(ACAAI)<br />
ACAAI OFFICE BEARERS<br />
Cover Story<br />
India carves the path for steady growth<br />
India has made some positive initiatives to achieve the dream of becoming an air cargo hub. Indian<br />
aviation industry is witnessing a historic growth in terms of volumes while adopting worlds’ best practices.<br />
Stakeholders predict digitisation, systems integration and automation, and capacity building as key drivers<br />
for long term growth. While airport infrastructure is set to grow manifold, it is its pace that will determine<br />
the success.<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
T A Varghese<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Sunil Arora<br />
secretary general<br />
Afzal Malbarwala<br />
TREASURER<br />
C K GOVIL<br />
Review<br />
aci <strong>2018</strong>: giving wings to global air cargo<br />
Pharmaceuticals makes for the most lucrative and niche<br />
product that the air cargo players transport today.<br />
Indisputably valuable, the product however demands strict<br />
adherence to changing regulations that comes along. The<br />
air cargo industry will have to continuously adapt to these<br />
requirements for better business returns and to make it a<br />
win-win situation for both the sectors.<br />
18<br />
Special Report<br />
Need for speed for high-tech logistics<br />
In this highly demanding “need-it-yesterday” world of hightech<br />
cargo where product life-cycles are ever-shrinking,<br />
air freight plays a critical role. To cater to this demand,<br />
the warped-up speed at which high-tech products are<br />
manufactured and flooded in the market requires the cooperation<br />
and support of an agile and responsive supply<br />
chain network.<br />
22<br />
Interview<br />
XpressBees sets to be the largest<br />
e-commerce cross-Border player<br />
In the wake of the recent investment from Alibaba<br />
Group, Amitava Saha, the Co-Founder and CEO,<br />
XpressBees, an e-commerce specialised logistics<br />
company, discusses plans for positioning itself<br />
as the leader in e-commerce logistics. Saha talks<br />
about the unprecedented growth in 2017 while<br />
XpressBees being four times more capital efficient<br />
compared to its competitors.<br />
NEWS<br />
25 Goa to be developed as cargo hub<br />
26 Fraport inks pact with Swissport for<br />
air cargo warehouse<br />
27 Pathankot starts operation as 21st<br />
airport under UDAN – RCS<br />
28 Hong Kong tops ACI’s world busiest<br />
cargo airport ranking<br />
EDITOR<br />
Reji John<br />
editor@acaainews.com<br />
ASSOCIATE EDITOR<br />
Surya Kannoth<br />
surya@acaainews.com<br />
ASSISTANT EDITOR<br />
Shreya Bhattacharya<br />
shreya@acaainews.com<br />
SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Prasad Mohite<br />
GRAPHIC DESIGNER<br />
Rajesh Mhapralkar<br />
DISCLAIMER<br />
Views expressed in the magazine<br />
are not of ACAAI<br />
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