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Hyderabad's cargo team: (from
left) Pavan Kumar, Naveesh Kumar, Sameer
Vichare, Madhavi, Asst Sales Manager Cargo
Chitra Sanjeev, Ramesh K and Naveen Rai.
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 Hyderabad, India's fifth largest metropolis and the capital
of the state of Andhra Pradesh, is the latest
destination to join SIA Cargo's network. The
launch of a four-times-weekly passenger service
between Singapore and Hyderabad on 30 October
2005 by SIA has enabled SIA Cargo to market
the bellyhold cargo space of the B777-200 and
B777-300 aircraft deployed on the route. |
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Charminar, the great monument
considered the Jewel of Hyderabad and often called
the Arc de Triomphe of the East, was built
by Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah, the erstwhile Qutub
Shahi Sultan of Golconda, in 1591.
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The service departs Singapore in the evening and
arrives in Hyderabad the same day every Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday.
Hyderabad is nearly 400 years old with a rich
history. But it is also a modern metropolis that is known as the
second Silicon Valley in India because of its thriving IT community
and world-class IT companies and infrastructure.
Visitors are drawn to the city for its natural beauty, mosques and
minarets, bazaars, bridges, hills and lakes. It is perched on top
of the Deccan Plateau 541 metres above sea level, and sprawls over
an area of 259 sq kilometres.
Agriculture is the most important sector
of Andhra Pradesh's economy. About 70 percent of the population
works in agriculture, and the state is one of India's main rice-producing
areas.
The main crops are rice, maize, millets, pulses, castor, tobacco,
cotton, sugarcane, groundnut and banana.
Some of the major industries in the state are machine tools, synthetic
drugs, pharmaceuticals, heavy electrical machinery, ships, fertilizers,
electronic equipment, aeronautical parts, cement, chemicals, asbestos,
glass, plastic and watches.
Important minerals found in the state are copper ore, manganese,
mica, coal and limestone.
Andhra Pradesh has an extensive road and rail network, a major port
in Vishakhapatnam, minor ports in several other cities, and airports
at Hyderabad, Tirupathi, Vijayawada and Vishakhapatnam.
Hyderabad is SIA's eighth destination in
India. The rest are Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata,
Mumbai and New Delhi. This brings to 45 the total number of non-stop
weekly passenger services that SIA operates to India.
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