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Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet plans to deploy some of its Bombardier Q400 turboprop fleet on cargo flights between during downtime at night.

Head of freight operations Manjiv Singh told business newspaper The Financial Express that SpiceJet was considering launching a “cargo on seat” service between Bangalore and Delhi in the next three to six months.

The carrier flies 14 Q400s on domestic routes as well as 18 B737s and two A319s. It operates 264 daily flights from its main hubs in Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad to 34 Indian and seven international destinations including Dubai and Colombo, offering cargo capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes of cargo on the larger aircraft.

Spicejet hopes to build its cargo revenue to Rs300 million ($4.55m) per month by October.
Mr Singh said service improvements and success in targeting new customers such as e-commerce companies could take freight revenues up to 10% of the carrier’s revenues by the end of this financial year, from its current 3-4% share.

Separately, Spicejet is reported to have chosen SmartKargo’s new cloud-based air cargo management solution to replace legacy booking and information tools.

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