Tiruchi: Air cargo uplift capacity from Tiruchi has gone up substantially as Tiger Airways, which operates direct services to Singapore from here, has started lifting cargo from here last week.
Tiger Airways is the fourth major airline to lift cargo from the city after Sri Lankan Airlines, Air Asia and to a certain extent, Mihin Lanka. Air India Express, the other major operator from the city, remains the only airline that does not lift cargo though it operates services to Singapore, Dubai and other destinations. According to sources at the airport, Tiger Airways started lifting cargo from October 15 onwards. Hitherto, cargo bound for Singapore from here were sent through Colombo or Kuala Lumpur.
With this, the total available capacity of the airlines for cargo exports from the city would be around 300 to 350 tonnes a month. Currently, Tiger Airways operates nine flights a week on the Singapore-Tiruchi-Singapore sector and is likely to add two more flights a week by October. Apart from this, Sri Lankan Airlines operates 14 flights a week to Colombo and Air Asia seven to Kuala Lumpur, all of which can carry cargo now.
19/09/12 S. Ganesan/The Hindu
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Tiger Airways is the fourth major airline to lift cargo from the city after Sri Lankan Airlines, Air Asia and to a certain extent, Mihin Lanka. Air India Express, the other major operator from the city, remains the only airline that does not lift cargo though it operates services to Singapore, Dubai and other destinations. According to sources at the airport, Tiger Airways started lifting cargo from October 15 onwards. Hitherto, cargo bound for Singapore from here were sent through Colombo or Kuala Lumpur.
With this, the total available capacity of the airlines for cargo exports from the city would be around 300 to 350 tonnes a month. Currently, Tiger Airways operates nine flights a week on the Singapore-Tiruchi-Singapore sector and is likely to add two more flights a week by October. Apart from this, Sri Lankan Airlines operates 14 flights a week to Colombo and Air Asia seven to Kuala Lumpur, all of which can carry cargo now.
19/09/12 S. Ganesan/The Hindu
