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title: "Air freight: When it can’t wait. · SSL"
description: "Air freight booked by SSL’s desk: India moved 37,33,337 tonnes of air cargo in FY2024-25 (AAI); 86% through six airports."
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Mode · Air

# When it can’t wait.

Samples, spares, pharma and perishables go by air, and our trucks take them to the terminal.

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Top cargo airports, sized by FY2024-25 tonnes (AAI). India boundary per Survey of India (state layer: DataMeet, CC BY 4.0). Moving marks are illustrative.

- 37,33,337 tonnes of air cargo FY2024-25 · AAI
- 86% through six airports AAI
- 62% international FY2025-26 · AAI
- 82% domestic cargo flew as belly cargo 2008-10 · MoCA

How it moves

## Link by link

1. Pickup SSL
2. To cargo terminal SSL
3. Flight (belly or freighter) Our desk
4. Destination terminal Our desk
5. Delivery Our desk

Flights are booked by our desk. SSL is not an airline agent.

Where it flies from

## Six airports carry most of it

Freight, FY2024-25 (tonnes)

1. [DEL · New Delhi](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/del/) 11,09,520
2. [BOM · Mumbai](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/bom/) 8,89,900
3. [BLR · Bengaluru](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/blr/) 5,02,509
4. [MAA · Chennai](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/maa/) 3,79,154
5. [HYD · Hyderabad](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/hyd/) 1,65,868
6. [CCU · Kolkata](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/ccu/) 1,65,618
7. [AMD · Ahmedabad](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/amd/) 1,18,922
8. [COK · Kochi](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/cok/) 62,000
9. [PNQ · Pune](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/pnq/) 42,293
10. [GAU · Guwahati](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/gau/) 26,607

Airports Authority of India: Traffic News, March 2026, Annexure IV (freight, cumulative April-March)

International vs domestic, FY2025-26

- International **24,51,872** (62%)
- Domestic **15,12,474** (38%)

Go deeper

## The atlas behind this mode

- [Airports Top 40 by tonnes](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/)
- [Delhi (DEL) India’s busiest cargo airport](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/del/)
- [Mumbai (BOM) The western gateway](https://safeandsecure.in/airports/bom/)

## Frequently asked questions

**What is the difference between belly cargo and a freighter?**

Belly cargo rides under passenger flights; freighters carry only cargo. Belly space suits parcels and perishables on busy routes; freighters take bigger, heavier pieces.

**Which airports handle the most cargo?**

New Delhi 11,09,520 t, Mumbai 8,89,900 t, Bengaluru 5,02,509 t in FY2024-25 (AAI).

Sources

- [Airports Authority of India: Traffic News, March 2026, Annexure IV (freight, cumulative April-March)](https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2k26Annex4.pdf) · FY2024-25 and FY2025-26
- [Ministry of Civil Aviation: Air Cargo Logistics in India, Working Group Report (2012)](https://www.civilaviation.gov.in/sites/default/files/migration/moca_001669.pdf) · 2012

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Source: https://safeandsecure.in/modes/air/ (the HTML page is the record; this markdown twin was generated from it on 2026-11-11). Publisher: Safe & Secure Logistics Private Limited, https://safeandsecure.in/. Figures and their periods: https://safeandsecure.in/facts/