Tiruchi: Cargo exports from the Tiruchi Airport have crossed the 300 tonne mark for a month for the first time, up from the monthly average of about 200 tonnes.
Cargo exports have touched 315 tonnes in January against the previous high of 285 tonnes recorded in May last year, airport sources told The Hindu on Thursday.
The rise in exports come in the wake of the increase in the uplift capacity from Tiruchi after Tiger Airways started lifting cargo from here to Singapore in September. Tiger Airways was the fourth major airline to lift cargo from the city after Sri Lankan Airlines, Air Asia and Mihin Lanka. Air India Express, the other major operator from the city, remains the only airline that does not lift cargo though it has international operations from here. The total available uplift capacity of the airlines for cargo from the city is around 300 to 350 tonnes a month.
01/02/13 The Hindu
