Mangalore: Air cargo complex handles first consignment
Mangalore, May 23 (The Hindu): The first consignment of air cargo was shipped from Mangalore airport to Dubai on Thursday.
J.T. Radhakrishna, Director, Mangalore International Airport and Custodian of Mangalore International Air Cargo Complex, said that the first consignment of around 500 kg of machinery spare parts was exported in the Air India Express flight to Dubai at 2 pm on Thursday.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had inaugurated the air cargo complex at Mangalore airport on March 18.
Then it was told that initially the scheduled flights would carry air cargo in passenger aircraft.
Melwin D’Silva, Station Manager of Air India, Mangalore, told Business Line that this is a good beginning for the international cargo movement from Mangalore.
Air India Express operates two flights a day to Dubai. Added to this, the airline also connects many other destinations in the Gulf region.
Asked about the potential for handling air cargo from Mangalore, D’Silva said that the exporter has promised two-three consignments a month.
There are also queries on exporting vegetable and other perishable cargoes from Mangalore to various destinations in the Gulf region, he said.
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enness, mangluru
Fri, May 24 2013MKS,all scheduled passenger flts carry cargo in the holds,loaded seperately.
if airlines dont charge xcess bagg then there will be no place to sit inside the aircraft!!.
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samuel androus, mukka / Nigeria
Fri, May 24 2013Very good & Thanks Mr Ajit Singh Improve mangalore more & more
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MKS, Udupi
Fri, May 24 2013Oh NO.. Air India express does not even allow 1 kg extra for passenger now going to carry cargo . CARGO in passenger flight ,its unusual I thought separate cargo flight takes goods out form Mlore Airport
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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Thu, May 23 2013Air cargo complex handles first consignment!
Good infrastructural development for growth of business and employment generation for the people of this region!
Hats off to all the contributors!
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sunil, Udupi
Thu, May 23 2013this is a very good news from the Mangalore international airport..before we mangaloreans depended some other int'l airport customs of cargo..now it's easy way moving cargo from mangalore to any other regions of world..also for gulf..
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