Mangaluru: A full-fledged domestic common air cargo handling terminal will be commissioned at Mangaluru International Airport on June 26.
The terminal, which was expected to be operational from April, was awaiting the approval of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
J.T. Radhakrishna, director of the airport, said Mangaluru was among 22 airports in the country permitted by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to handle cargo with private participation. Of them, the airport here was the first to get the BCAS approval and set to start the operations.
Mr. Radhakrishna said that the BCAS gave its approval on June 17. The AAI has outsourced the cargo handling at the airport to Cargo Service Centre India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. It has bagged the contract of managing the facility for five years. The facility had an X-ray machine, explosive-detection devices, closed-circuit television cameras and cubicles for keeping cargo. Explosive detection devices were required to ensure that cargo did not have explosive material.
20/06/15 Ravipradad Kamila/The Hindu
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The terminal, which was expected to be operational from April, was awaiting the approval of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
J.T. Radhakrishna, director of the airport, said Mangaluru was among 22 airports in the country permitted by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to handle cargo with private participation. Of them, the airport here was the first to get the BCAS approval and set to start the operations.
Mr. Radhakrishna said that the BCAS gave its approval on June 17. The AAI has outsourced the cargo handling at the airport to Cargo Service Centre India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. It has bagged the contract of managing the facility for five years. The facility had an X-ray machine, explosive-detection devices, closed-circuit television cameras and cubicles for keeping cargo. Explosive detection devices were required to ensure that cargo did not have explosive material.
20/06/15 Ravipradad Kamila/The Hindu
