The Air Cargo Association of Hyderabad celebrated its 22nd Annual Ball on the 6th of August 2023 at The Park Hyatt, at Banjara Hills Hyderabad. 

This is the flagship event of the Hyderabad Air Cargo Association which conducts this event every year and except for the last three years due to the pandemic and other related industry issues. The Air Cargo Association has around 125 members including representation from approximately 30 airlines, the custodian -GMR and other related stakeholders in the supply chain. 

This year the Air Cargo Association of Hyderabad honoured three senior members of the cargo community who have made significant contributions to this community. The Management Committee had unanimously decided to honour Suchitra Choudhari, Gautam Dey and B Govindrajan for their exemplary contributions to the air cargo community in Hyderabad “The Air Cargo Club” as it is affectionately known as, was formed with the objective of providing recreational and welfare activities for its members and their families. 

This year’s grand celebrations of the Air Cargo Club Ball would not have been possible without donors like GMR Cargo, Air Shagoon, Aerosail, Global Aviation, Cargomen Logistics, Va-q tech India Private Limited, Emballiso India Private Limited, Far N Par, SRP Logistics, Hermes Travel and Cargo and Gubba Cold Storage Private Limited.

 The Air Cargo Club of Hyderabad was founded in the year 2001 and the founder members consisted of people from the trade and airline community as well – some of the founder members were C S Rajender, Joe Fernandez, Suchitra Choudhari, Subramanayam, and Satish Lakkaraju. Regular programs were conducted by the Management Committee with the initial “knowledge sharing” sessions being conducted every 2nd Saturday for beginners or new joiners in the trade. This continued till there was a shift to the new airport in Shamshabad – it was during the transition period that with excellent support from GMR other industry leaders/supporters that the Air Cargo Association became the first Air Cargo club build/own its very own on a piece land measuring around six hundred square yards – this “Club House” was designed for the recreational and other related activities of the club within close proximity to the RGIA at Shamshabad.