Mangalore : The Air Cargo facility at the Mangalore Airport will be inaugurated on March 18 by Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ajith Singh. This was informed by JT Radhakrishna, Airport director.
The function will be held in front of the new terminal. Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily and Union Minister of state for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal will be the chief guests.
The Air Cargo complex spread over an area of 14000 square feet has a capacity to store 100 tonnes of cargo.Freezers will be equipped in the days to come to facilitate export of perishable prioducts like vegetables and flowers, he informed.