India’s third busiest airport, the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/BLR Airport) processed 180,745 kgs of pomegranates from April to August 2020, to emerge as the leading airport for pomegranate exports from the country.

Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, processed 1,425 metric tonnes (MT) of perishable cargo during April 2020.

Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has registered 17.8 per cent growth in overall passenger traffic in 2016 compared with the previous calendar year. The cargo traffic growth during the period was nearly 16 per cent.

In India's 24 airports, redundant passenger terminals will be converted into cargo terminals by the Airports Authority of India. Inaugurating the air cargo complex at the Mangalore airport last week, the Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said AAI has 24 airports in the country that will be used for domestic cargo operations.

Cochin International Airport's focus on non-perishable goods helped it to register a five per cent increase in the volume of cargo handled during the first nine months of the current fiscal. From April to December 2012, the airport handled 34,305 tonne of cargo, against 32,950 tonne in the same period a year ago.

One of the key challenges in infrastructure is facilitating the flow of projected but large amounts of capital into infrastructure. Current trends indicate that there might be a funding shortfall of over $300 billion,