Six months after appealing tok the problem with the authority of the Airport of India, it was learned that Amritsar airport is ready to resume the movement of cargo to the United Kingdom/EU after receiving the approval of AAI 2-3 days ago. The Load Reserve to the United Kingdom/EU of Amritssar has stopped since July last year due to the suspension of the necessary approach by the EU.
However, Air India, which is the main airlines in the cargo movement, has not yet received an AAI communication, said the sources that will add that it will begin to book only after receiving formal communication.
“It is a strange case to reflect how the government system operates, despite affirming that the ease of doing business. Approximately 400 tons of goods were exported to the United Kingdom/EU per month from Amritssar before it was defective to stop making the machine lack the machine manage the movement,” said an official source. Of this volume, 40-50 percent was only perishable products, added the source.
There is the potential to export perishable agricultural products through Air-Cargo de Amritsar for Europe, so a consciousness between merchants and the reduction of air loading are two haurdles for which a concerted effort must be tasks of all agencies, a flourish that involves that it has a leg sending its consignment through Delhi, which is cheaper.
AAI position Logistics and Allied Services Company (AAICLAS), a subsidiary of AAI, received the approval of RA3 for the countries of the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom for the air load terminals of Amritsar and Kolkata for the first time in September 2023. The RA3 security certificate is necessary for direct export to the countries of the United Kingdom and the EU.
Helping AAI for the installation of the X -ray machine at the Amritsar airport, Abhishek Dev, president of the Export Development Authority of Fed and Process Processing Products (Appeal), in October 2024, requested his intervention to resume the loading movement for the EU.
He stressed the importance of direct loading movement from Amritssar to Europe and said that the closure of cargo shipping facilities significantly affected the export of perishable goods. Many exporters from the region (even Himachal Pradesh) depend on timely shipments, and the suspension of RA3 logistics challenges and economic losses for them. The sources said the EU thought had re -approved the R 3 license much earlier, AAI’s necessary approval to Amritssar airport was only appealed only on April 17.
Official sources said that resuming the loading services of the Amritssar airport will contribute directly to the income of farmers in the region as a direct flight to Europe can take Punjab fruits and vegetables.
“As in the United Kingdom, the EU markets Kinnows of Pakistan and Bangladesh, a reduced load of Amritsar can make India the largest exporter of the citrus fruit in the region. Similarly, there is the possibility of exporting apples of the Himande and several other elements such as cauliflower, pen, Babycorn de Punjab,” said the officer.
Posted on April 20, 2025