Rs. 50-cr private air freight station coming up near Chennai.

India's first air freight station (AFS) in the private sector has come up at Irungattukottai near Chennai.

Set up by the city-based Indev Logistics at Rs. 50 crore, the AFS will reduce congestion at the gateway airports and the carrier operators can choose the AFS as a final destination for cargo delivery.

The major advantages of the AFS include faster evacuation of cargo from the major gateway airports, an integrated supply chain, minimised transaction logistics cost, and tracking of the mobility and movement of the cargo.

All activities, including Custom documentation and examination, cargo acceptance check, security checks, cargo palletisation and warehousing will be carried out at the AFS, said Xavier Britto, Chairman, Indev Group, at the soft launch of the AFS. The facility will start operations from August 1, he later told newspersons.

HBL