Every airport in India has its own cargo terminal where goods of any form are taken from one place to another. General cargo, Perishable old storage cargo, DGR cargo, Valuable Cargo, live animals and silver, and other precious metals are the types of cargo handled in the Air Cargo Services. The cargo Terminal in Every airport is designed to maintain the huge inflow and outflow of cargo everyday.
The cargo terminal usually have Assistant drug Controllers office, Custom Office in the same premises, warehouse space for import- export cargo , Bonded trucking facilities, banking facilities and cold storage for perishable items. Some of the airports have taken initiatives to makes the air cargo services more efficient and reliable. The first and the foremost thing they have done is the computerization of various departments for increased performance and have moved towards EDI implementation and complete automation.
The cargo storage space has been widened to accommodate more cargo in an enclosed space. Long distance telecom facilities have been made possible within the cargo complex. To maintain proper business transaction a well furnished business center is established in addition to a conference room.