Mumbai airport plans new cargo complex

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) is all set to enhance its cargo facilities with a separate cargo complex that will have a projected capacity to handle one million tones of cargo shipments per annum. The development of the proposed cargo village is still in the planning stage as the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) is developing an altogether separate masterplan for the same.
The Mumbai Airport, at present, is the country’s leading airport in terms of handling cargo shipments and handled 525,335 tonnes of cargo last financial year. However, according to a MIAL official, the reason behind the proposed cargo village is growing competition arising from the newer greenfield airports of Hyderabad and Bangalore and the projection of Nagpur’s airport as India’s cargo hub.
“The new airports have incorporated expansive plans to handle cargo shipments. They could do so because they do not have any land constraints. And that’s why we have to enhance our facilities,” said the official.
19/03/10 Shashank Shekhar/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010, Cargo Mar 2010