Pakistan needs aircargo makeover: AirCargo

Thursday, 20 November 2008

A Pakistan study has estimated that total air cargo in the country will increase from about 330,000 tonnes in 2004-05 to about 866,000 tonnes in 2015-16.
However, it has highlighted problems with the country’s air cargo handling facilities that will hinder growth if not rectified.

They include a lack of ground and aircraft capacity, charging anomalies, the lack of foreign cargo operations, security, lack of cold storage facilities and inefficient business processes.
About 95 per cent of Pakistan’s exports are by sea, but the tiny percentage of air freighted items are estimated to be worth eight per cent of the total value.

Exporters in the study complained there were security problems -- such as a lack of suitable lockers with strong rooms -- at Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar airports for gems, jewellery and other valuables.

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