Rajkot International Airport to Start Air Cargo Services

Rajkot, Gujarat – The long-pending demand of the industries located in and around Rajkot and Saurashtra region has been accepted with the approval of air cargo services at the Rajkot International ariport on July 29.

Sources informed that the air cargo services will be operated from the old terminal building of Hirasar airport. With this the industrialists and traders from  Rajkot will not have to visit Ahmedabad to send and receive goods. The air cargo services are likely to start in a day or two after the final announcement on the cargo rates. 

It took about two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new airport in July 2023, the Central aviation department approved the air cargo services at Rajkot international airport. 

Parth Ganatra, president of Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) said, “It is a matter of great joy that cargo service has been started at Rajkot International Airport. This will make it easier for around 10,000 industrialists and traders of Saurashtra to send goods as samples by air. Traders can send goods ranging from 100 kg to 1 tones through cargo service. Imitation and gold jewellery will benefit greatly from air cargo service. Apart from this, the plastic parts that traders send abroad as samples will also benefit, along with it, it will be easier to send investment casting parts”

He further added that the MSME industry of Saurashtra including Rajkot as well as the tiles industry of Morbi will benefit from this service, although all kinds of dependence is on how much the cargo service fare is charged, because if traders benefit from sending goods through cargo from Ahmedabad, i.e. they have to pay less money, then traders will send goods from Ahmedabad instead of Rajkot.