Hyderabad, May 18 -- GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) on Monday, May 18, commissioned its second cargo terminal at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), more than doubling the airport's air freight handling capacity as Hyderabad pushes to establish itself as a major logistics hub in Asia.

The new Cargo Terminal 2, spread across 16,864 square metre, will initially handle around 50,000 metric tonne of cargo annually, with dedicated expansion space that can take that figure up to 1,00,000 metric tonne per annum.

A centrepiece of the new facility is a large, fully temperature-controlled pharmaceutical zone, equipped with advanced temperature cut-off systems and continuous monitoring technology. The terminal is designed t...