Smoother passage to India a reality soon

Malaysian trade routes to various parts of India are set to improve via SriLankan Cargo’s new export terminal at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo. The facility is expected to be launched middle of next year. The cargo arm of SriLankan Airlines is finalising an agreement with Airport and Aviation Services of Sri Lanka to begin operations in the new building at the airport.
SriLankan Airlines operates daily direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Colombo and flies to 10 destinations in India. The new export terminal will increase SriLankan Cargo’s annual handling capacity to 300,000 tonnes from the present 150,000 tonnes.
SriLankan Cargo is the main cargo handler for all airlines in Colombo. SriLankan Airlines regional manager (Middle East, South Africa and CIS) Mohamed Fazeel said logistics companies in Malaysia could use the new facility as a transhipment hub for cargo bound for India as they had extensive network in the country.
“In some destinations in India, we are the only airlines that flies there,” he told Starbiz at the 24th International Air Cargo Forum and Exposition 2008 last week.
He said SriLankan Airlines had a long term relationship with Malaysia Airlines through code sharing for the past 25 years. SriLankan Cargo has positioned Colombo as the “hub in the ocean” between Europe and the Middle East and connecting South East Asia and the Far East.
17/11/08 Sharidan M. Ali/The Star, Australia

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2008