30% jump in air cargo at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: With the global supply chain operations steadily gaining momentum in the past couple of years, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's (CSMIA) air cargo witnessed a fruitful year in terms of EXIM (export and import) movements in FY22. With a total of 5,56,900 Metric Tonnes (MT) of overall cargo facilitated in FY22, CSMIA's air cargo observed a rise of close to 30 per cent in movement as compared to FY21. Where international cargo volumes grew by 26 per cent whereas domestic cargo volumes were up by 40 per cent over FY21. The total import of 260,600 MT and export of 296,300 MT of cargo resulted in CSMIA's overall share of contribution to the global cargo movements.

The top 3 destinations which observed the highest import via CSMIA include China, Germany, and US, respectively. While US, UAE and Germany remain the top destinations in terms of exports. Moreover, Automobiles, Pharmaceutical Products and Engineering goods saw majority of transportation to the top international destinations, whereas the top domestic destinations primarily witnessed the movement of Engineering Goods, Documents & Samples and Postal Cargo in FY22. Notably, the top airlines catering to the maximum cargo from CSMIA include IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoFirst in the domestic segment.

While Emirates, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines were the top 3 airlines catering to the highest cargo load internationally in this period.