GoAir Commences Flight Operations from GMR Hyderabad International Airport Effective from 12th Oct 2015

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has announced the commencement of flight operations by Mumbai-based low cost carrier GoAir from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here.

GoAir started its daily flights from Hyderabad to Chennai on Wednesday. From October 23, GoAir will commence its daily flights from Hyderabad to Bengaluru and Kolkata. The airline plans to add significant capacity over the next few months from Hyderabad, a release by GHIAL said.

With addition of GoAir, Hyderabad Airport will now be served by 10 domestic carriers connecting 33 domestic destinations while 15 foreign and four Indian carriers are connecting the city with 19 international destination.

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"Best Cargo Terminal of India Awarded by ACAAI on 22nd November 2012, during the ACAAI 39th convention held in Istanbul, Turkey"

MEETING WITH TRADE PARTNERS TO DISCUSS ON DG VIOLATIONS:

GACAEL has conducted a meeting with the trade partners to discuss on Violations of Dangerous Goods Regulations. Meeting was conducted on 24th Feb2011 where GACAEL communicated to the Board of Airline Representatives, Air Cargo Agents Association of India-International & Domestic, airline customers and the freight forwarders about the recent guidelines issued by Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on DG violations. They have been informed that it should be the collective responsibility of Shippers, GACAEL, Logistics partners and the airline customers to place efforts in arresting these violations keeping in view the safety of the passengers, freight and the aircraft.

Mr. Ravindran, Chief Security Officer, GACAEL informed that about 18 cases of Dangerous Goods violations were identified by GACAEL team. He also said that regulatory authorities expressed their concern against these violations and advised GACAEL to take the initiative of closely working with the trade to arrest these infringements.

Mr. Bala Subramanyam-Head Operations, Mr. Anil Kumar-General Manager, Human Resources & Mr. Vinod Sajnani - Chief Finance Officer requested the trade to ensure safe and secured transportation of air cargo and suggested to take necessary actions to prevent repetition of such violations related to Dangerous Goods Regulations.

GACAEL SIGNS SECURITY PARTNERSHIP WITH DGF:

GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GACAEL) signed a MOU on security partnership with DHL Global Forwarding (DGF), Freight Forwarding division of DHL, one of the world's leading Logistics Companies. The agreement was signed on 25th February 2011 at Hyderabad by Mr. Paul Smith, CEO, GACAEL and Mr. Christoph Remund, CEO, DHL, India during a joint session held at conference hall of GACAEL.

GACAEL and DGF will mutually work together in producing a common Standard Operating Procedure which would support security requirements of both the organizations and aims at offering secured handling to the end customers. Mr. Paul Smith and Mr. Remund presented the security practices followed by their respective organizations in the meeting. Mr. Ravindran- Chief Security Officer (GACAEL) briefed the participants on the importance of the agreement and said this MOU will definitely add more value to the security standards at GACAEL. Mr. Hemanth - COO (GHIAL) has appreciated GACAEL for its world class safety and security standards and the initiative of signing the security partnership agreement with DGF which itself is a pioneer in providing safe and secured supply chain. Mr. Yashwant Bhatt - Head Security (DGF) said both the organizations together endeavor to develop and implement best security practices and make this consensus a big success.

Mr. DilipKumar Rane - AVP Cargo (GHIAL), Mr. Bala Subramanyam-Head Operations (GACAEL), Mr. Anil Kumar-General Manager, Human Resources(GACAEL), Mr. Yunus Nahid - Branch Manager (DHL-HYD), Mr. K. Prasad - Deputy Manager (DHL-HYD),  were the other participants from both the organizations.

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PHARMA ZONE FACILITY AT HYDERABAD AIR CARGO TERMINAL:

GACAEL, Cargo terminal operator at the Hyderabad International Airport is on the track to create a state-of-the art EXPORT PHARMA ZONE facility in the terminal. The facility was inaugurated on 02Dec2010 by Mr. G. Kiran Kumar, Business Chairman (Airport Sector), GMR Group. The event continued at the Airport Novotel where Mr. Paul Smith, CEO-GACAEL briefed the trade partners and invited guests about the key features of the project through a presentation. We are extremely thankful to our industry partners for making the event successful. 

Air cargo at Hyderabad has witnessed a sudden boost in the export of temperature controlled products for the past one year and has faced great challenges while handling peak times. GACAEL has recognized market demand and needed requirement of additional cold storage capacity especially for pharma products in the terminal and initiated the project in April 2010. With a great support from the logistics partners, airline customers and regulatory authorities the project moved ahead and currently is in the very last stage of completion. We are targeting to make the facility fully operational by Jan2011.

PHARMA ZONE at Hyderabad is the first on-airport based dedicated temperature controlled pharmaceutical handling & storage facility in India with 15-25 and 2-8 degree chambers both in the bonded and non-bonded areas. The facility plays an imperative role as a key contributor to the Pharmaceutical exports supply chain ensuring good storage practices, effective handling and importantly lowest exposure to external temperatures. Facility built over an area of 1400 sq.mt is designed to handle export and transit pharmaceutical cargo with an annual handling capacity of 30,000 tons per annum.

05 dedicated truck docks, in-floor calibrated weighing scales, temperature & humidity monitoring devices, data loggers, SMS & Email alert to track temperature excursions, dedicated CCTV cameras, emergency response & risk assessment, uninterrupted power supply, Work space for regulatory authorities and specialized/automated material handling equipment are some of the key features of the facility.