Corporate News SIA Cargo In West Asia And Africa SIA Cargo New Delhi: B S Yadav (front) with (from left, seated) Arvind Mehta, Arjun Nanda, Deepak Bhatia, Aman Malhotra; (standing) Piyush Singal, Sameer Sabharwal, Vivek Chopra, Ankush Panami, Neeraj Kapoor, Vishal Sharma, Rohit Vij and Ravi Rajan INDIA New Delhi SIA started flying to New Delhi, India’s capital, in April 1986 with a twice-weekly B747-200 passenger service. Freighter services to the city were launched in October 1993. Today New Delhi is served by thrice-weekly B747-400 freighter services to Europe and the US, and daily B777-300 passenger services, making SIA Cargo one of the top three carriers operating to the city. Mumbai also serves as a gateway for neighbouring cities like Pune, Goa and Indore from where export commodities are sent by bonded trucks to Mumbai for uplift by air to other destinations. SIA started its Mumbai service in June 1971 with three weekly B707 flights. Today, Mumbai is served by twice-daily B777 passenger services and twice-weekly B747-400 freighter services. Important exports include fish, fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, engineering goods, fabrics, finished leather, garments, auto spares, computer spare parts, films, diamonds, jewellery, pharmaceuticals, vaccines and chemicals.	Related Articles New Senior Vice-President Sales & Marketing For SIA Cargo SIA Cargo In West Asia And Africa INDIA • Ahmedabad • Amritsar • Bangalore • Chennai • Kolkata • Mumbai • New Delhi SRI LANKA • Colombo BANGLADESH • Dhaka TURKEY • Istanbul SAUDI ARABIA • Jeddah UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • Dubai and Sharjah EGYPT • Cairo KUWAIT THE MALDIVES SOUTH AFRICA • Johannesburg and Cape Town