Hyderabad - India’s freighter fleet has tripled to 18 in the past six years and Boeing expects Indian carriers to procure more cargo aircraft to support the growth of domestic e-commerce and exports.

In its world air cargo forecast released earlier this month, Boeing expects a doubling of freight flows between South Asia and Europe, and a quadrupling of flows between South Asia and East Asia over the next two decades.

The domestic air cargo market in India, which accounts for less than one per cent of global cargo traffic, is estimated to grow . . .