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BA to increase cargo operations with India following free trade deal

British Airways, which has been flying to India for more than 100 years, will look to take advantage of future cargo opportunities following the India-UK free trade agreement, the airline's Chairman and CEO, Sean Doyle has said.  

Currently, the airline operates 56 flights a week from five Indian cities, including three-weekly flights from Mumbai and double daily services from Delhi. It also has a daily flight from Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.  

The airline is bullish about the cargo opportunities between India and the UK, especially in the wake of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, and expects to transport more cargo.  

"I expect more cargo being exported from India under the FTA," said Doyle. "I would also expect that it would be an increase in certain niche exports coming into India as well. Not necessarily out of the UK but also out of the surrounding kind of markets that we serve," he said. 

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