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JUN 20, 2003 (newstodate): Work start this month to build a new cargo terminal at Sri Lanka's Bandaraneike Airport.
The new terminal that will increase the cargo center's capacity by 100,000 tonnes of cargo per year, will become operational by the end of next year as part of a plan to make Colombo a major transshipment hub in the Indian Ocean for use in the global supply chain.
In March, SriLankan Airlines Cargo Centre at the Bandaranaike International Airport handled a record 12,078 tonnes of air cargo, the highest ever throughput in the history of the Cargo Centre.
Of the record amount in March 2003, transshipments by SriLankan Airlines totalled 1.67 million kilogrammes, which is also the highest ever in transshipment by SriLankan Airlines.
Emirates-partner SriLankan Airlines use of an all-Airbus fleet has increased the efficiency of cargo handling, resulting in swifter movement of cargo from one flight to another due to aircraft cargo holds accommodating containers of the same dimensions. SriLankan Cargo also operates its own specialized freighter service with an Antonov AN12 aircraft to Karachi, Madras, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Male, and Gan Island.
The new terminal that will increase the cargo center's capacity by 100,000 tonnes of cargo per year, will become operational by the end of next year as part of a plan to make Colombo a major transshipment hub in the Indian Ocean for use in the global supply chain.
In March, SriLankan Airlines Cargo Centre at the Bandaranaike International Airport handled a record 12,078 tonnes of air cargo, the highest ever throughput in the history of the Cargo Centre.
Of the record amount in March 2003, transshipments by SriLankan Airlines totalled 1.67 million kilogrammes, which is also the highest ever in transshipment by SriLankan Airlines.
Emirates-partner SriLankan Airlines use of an all-Airbus fleet has increased the efficiency of cargo handling, resulting in swifter movement of cargo from one flight to another due to aircraft cargo holds accommodating containers of the same dimensions. SriLankan Cargo also operates its own specialized freighter service with an Antonov AN12 aircraft to Karachi, Madras, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Male, and Gan Island.