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First India Post Freighter Aircraft is launched for North East

Union Minister of Communication & Information Technology Shri Thiru A. Raja flagged off the commercial service of First India Post Freighter Aircraft for North East. The aircraft was handed over to I.M G Khan, Secretary of Postal India on the occasion of inauguration of the first India post freighter aircraft for Northeast on 29-08-07 at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati.

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"In order to improve its mail delivery and transmission services in North-East, the Department of Post has inducted a dedicated freighter aircraft for servicing the North East," I M G Khan, postal secretary said.

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