Second Air Cargo Route Launched to India’s Mumbai

A second air cargo route, Mumbai, was officially launched today from Afghanistan to India following the success of the Afghanistan-New Delhi route.
At the launch ceremony in Kabul, the Deputy Chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI), Khan Jan Alokozay said Afghanistan’s fruit exports will increase further with the Kabul-Mumbai route.
Meanwhile, Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish also said that the air corridor is very important for the government, adding that “we are hoping that the neighbouring countries even consider the economy in their political policy.”
“India also promised to hold exhibition for Afghan traders in Mumbai city and they also want to create business chambers,” Danish said. “We hope that our Ministry of Foreign Affairs develops this relations even further.”
In addition, the ACCI officials said that the establishment of air corridors between Afghanistan and India is key to boosting exports to India and also to the rest of the world.
“When we look back at our exports in the past six months the total volume of our exports in which the air corridor had a significant role, we have seen a dramatic increase and it totals – in the six months – to about 398 million USD,” said Atiqullah Nusrat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ACCI.