As Summer vacations have started in Sharjah, many Indian families living in the gulf country have traveled back to India for the holidays, and this has had a temporary yet significant impact on products sent from Coimbatore via air.
Air Arabia provides air connectivity between Coimbatore and Sharjah 5 days a week. Usually each flight carries about 3 tonnes of cargo and 80% of that would be vegetables, while rest would be auto parts and fabrics.
Now that the vacation has begun in Sharjah, the customers of these products have temporarily shrunk. With fewer people in Sharjah buying vegetables right now, cargo has dropped to just 2 tonnes per flight.
‘The monthly cargo handling between Coimbatore and Sharjah has reduced from 60 tonnes to 40 tonnes. This is a 33% drop,” said a source.
However, Cargo volumes are expected to return to their normal levels after August 15 once the summer holidays end.
