Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu flags off Transshipment Cargo Operations at Delhi’s IGI Airport
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu today flagged off the scaled-up phase of India’s transshipment (TP) cargo reform at Delhi International Airport Limited’s (DIAL) Transshipment Excellence Centre (TEC), IGI Airport, Terminal 2.
Speaking on the occasion, Shr Naidu said, “Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, we are continuously working to strengthen Ease of Doing Business in the aviation sector. Based on industry feedback, we identified long-standing requirement of mandatory re-screening of transshipment cargo, as a key bottleneck. By doing away with it we can significantly reducing turnaround time, handling costs and congestion at cargo terminals. And Proof of Concept exercise on the Chennai–Delhi–Frankfurt route has succe
Shri Naidu said, “We are now scaling up this successful model by connecting four more major domestic cargo markets and two new international destinations. While our immediate focus is on Domestic-to-International transshipment, our larger ambition is to position India as a global cargo transshipment hub by leveraging our strategic location between the East and the West. Subsequently, we will expand this framework to International-to-International and International-to-Domestic transshipment as well.”
Earlier through the revised framework, notified through Addendum-II to AVSEC Circular No. 6/2024 by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on 21 July 2025, it was permitted to move secured transshipment cargo through dedicated Transfer Cargo Security Hold Areas (TCSHAs) without re-screening, subject to prescribed security safeguards.
he event was attended by Samir Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Vipin Kumar, Chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI); Asangba Chuba Ao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Ms. Pratibha Ambedkar, Joint DG, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS); and senior officials from MoCA, AAI, BCAS, DIAL, Air India and other stakeholders. (updated on 18th August 2026)
