Air Deccan Cargo’s global operations put on hold
G R Gopinath, who kickstarted his Deccan Cargo air services during May earlier this year, has put the international operations of the cargo airline on hold even as the domestic operations kickstarted this week. Deccan Cargo & Express Logistics kickstarted its international network on the Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Hong Kong route and was also connecting to Dubai. However, with cargo loads not reaching expected levels and having to recalibrate the network, the company has put its overseas network on hold for a while. Read the rest of this entry »
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BANGALORE: Capt G R Gopinath, one of the largest individual shareholders in
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