The Visakhapatnam Airport is observing a substantial growth in the cargo handling for the financial year (FY) 2018-19 and would observe a considerable rise in future.
In Q-1 of FY-2018-19, the Visakhapatnam Airport has successfully handled 1481 tons of cargo, which comprises 557 tons of incoming and 924 tons of outgoing cargo. There is a 15.43% growth when compared to Q-1 of FY-2017-18, where the inbound was 516 tons and outbound cargo was 767 tons totaling 1283 tones. We would also like to mention that for the entire FY of 2017-18, the cargo handling was 4846 tons, out of which 2260 tons was incoming and 2586 tons is outgoing cargo.
In Q-1 of FY-2018-19, the Visakhapatnam Airport has successfully handled 133 tons, which comprises 49.29 tons of incoming and 83.74 tons of outgoing cargo. There is a 747% growth when compared to Q-1 of FY-2017-18, where the inbound handling was 12.75 tons and outbound cargo was 2.94 tons totaling 15.70 tones. We would also like to mention that for the entire FY of 2017-18, the handling was 296.86 tons, out of which 142.21 tones were incoming and 154.65 tons is outgoing cargo.
We would also like to mention the growth in the domestic and International sectors was possible with the continuous effort of APATA and with the support of our Hon’ble Member of Parliament Dr.K.Hari Babu and Airport Director in resolving various issues in consultation with AAI and Sri.P.Ashok Gajapathi Raju, former Minister for Civil Aviation. Some of the notable achievements are given below.
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