An air freight station (AFS) has been planned by the Chennai Port Trust near the Chennai airport under public-private-partnership mode. The Port Trust owns 2.13 acre of land about 2 km from the Anna International Airport.
An official of the Port Trust said that the Port intends to develop this land to commercially benefit the port. One of the avenues the port intends to explore is the commissioning of an AFS. Incidentally, the country’s first AFS, which is a concept based on the idea of providing airlines nodes near the production centres, was commissioned at Central WareÂhousing Corporation (CWC) four years ago.
Faced with congestion at the Chennai air cargo complex, the air cargo user community suggested the AFS to hold imported goods. Currently, there are two AFSs – CWC and Indev.
The location is ideal for this facility as cargo volume through the Chennai airport is on the increase, the official said. An aircraft’s cargo will be shifted to the AFS and consignees can take delivery of the cargo after statutory clearances and duty including customs documentation and examination; cargo acceptance check (weight/volume); security cheÂcks (X-ray screening/physical check) and palletisation. The AFS will help avoid congestion at the gateway airports.
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