New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Five foreign freighters, including FedEx and a DHL joint venture, are expected to begin operations at Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), from May, two cargo officials familiar with the matter told Mint. This comes nearly three months before cargo-carrying planes temporarily cease operations at Mumbai International Airport from 1 August.

Apart from FedEx, Challenge Air, Aerologic-a joint venture between DHL and Lufthansa Cargo-Atlas Air and Teleport will be starting freighter flights. A freighter aircraft, also called a cargo plane, is an aircraft that carries goods instead of passengers.

Emails sent to FedEx, Challenge Air, DHL, Lufthansa Cargo, Atlas Air and Teleport on Monday remained unanswered. NMIA did ...