Master Data: Year, City Pair wise International Freight Traffic
This master dataset provides year-wise, city pair-wise data on international freight traffic, covering routes connecting Indian cities with other countries as well as routes operated by scheduled domestic carriers entirely between foreign countries.
Note: ‘Inside Indian Territory’ in the region column indicates that city_2 is an Indian city, while ‘Outside Indian Territory’ indicates that both city_1 and city_2 are located in foreign countries.
Master Data: Year, City Pair wise International Freight Traffic
This master dataset provides year-wise, city pair-wise data on international freight traffic, covering routes connecting Indian cities with other countries as well as routes operated by scheduled domestic carriers entirely between foreign countries.
Note: ‘Inside Indian Territory’ in the region column indicates that city_2 is an Indian city, while ‘Outside Indian Territory’ indicates that both city_1 and city_2 are located in foreign countries.
Rows: 5066
Columns: 9
Time period: 2015 to 2025
Last Updated: 20 August 2026
Data preview
year
region
city_1
city_2
category
city_2_to_city_1
city_1_to_city_2
unit
note
2026
Outside Indian Territory
Rome
Newark
Freight
0
24.43
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Madurai
Freight
98.3
0.7
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Mumbai
Freight
18844.26
8580.98
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Pune
Freight
131.13
0.02
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Surat
Freight
0
0
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Thiruvananthapuram
Freight
2552.77
47.45
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dubai
Tiruchirappalli
Freight
246.41
2.19
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Dushanbe
Delhi
Freight
58.73
17.61
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Entebbe
Mumbai
Freight
396.5
0
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
Data covers until Q2
2026
Inside Indian Territory
Frankfurt
Bengaluru
Freight
5930.74
2761.94
city_2_to_city_1 in tonne, city_1_to_city_2 in tonne
The calendar year the aviation freight data pertains to.
region
String
2
5066
Indicates whether the city pair route lies inside or outside Indian Territory.
city_1
String
203
5066
The first city in the air freight city pair, serving as the origin for the city_1_to_city_2 flow.
city_2
String
100
5066
The second city in the air freight city pair, serving as the origin for the city_2_to_city_1 flow.
category
String
1
5066
The type of air cargo measured for the city pair, such as freight.
city_2_to_city_1
Float64
3754
5066
Freight tonnage flown from city_2 to city_1 for the given year and city pair.
city_1_to_city_2
Float64
3220
5066
Freight tonnage flown from city_1 to city_2 for the given year and city pair.
unit
String
1
5066
The unit of measurement for the freight flow columns, expressed in tonnes.
note
String
2
424
Supplementary note on data coverage, such as the quarter through which the data is available.
Citation
Director General of Civil Aviation. (2026). Master Data: Year, City Pair wise International Freight Traffic [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/14961