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The existent utilisation level of the cargo terminal astatine Mangaluru International Airport is astatine astir 50 % to 55 % of the installed capableness of 9,000 tonnes, according to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Murlidhar Mohol, Minister of State successful the Ministry of Civil Aviation replying to a question connected immoderate determination to grow the operations astatine Mangaluru airdrome told the Lok Sabha connected Thursday, that enlargement oregon modernisation of airdrome infrastructure is simply a continuous process, which is undertaken by the airdrome relation (s) depending upon postulation demand, onshore availability, commercialized feasibility, operational requirements for information of craft cognition and request from airlines, etc.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has leased retired Mangaluru International Airport to Mangaluru International Airport Limited (MgIAL) for operations, absorption and improvement nether Public Private Partnership (PPP).
The existing terminal gathering astatine the airdrome is built crossed 48,574 quadrate metre of country with the handling capableness of 2 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA), the curate said.
Responding to the steps being taken to beforehand Mangaluru arsenic a cardinal connecting constituent for aerial question to Lakshadweep, including commencement of caller formation routes and infrastructure development, the curate said, “Currently, determination are nary flights connecting Mangaluru Airport to Lakshadweep. With the repeal of Air Corporation Act successful March 1994, the Indian home aviation was deregulated. Airlines are escaped to induct capableness with immoderate craft type, escaped to prime immoderate markets and web they privation to work and run taxable to compliance of Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDGs) issued by the Government and formation schedules approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).”
The curate replied to an unstarred question by Captain Brijesh Chowta, Member of Parliament, who besides wanted to cognize whether determination are proposals to make Mangaluru arsenic a logistics hub oregon an epicentre for commercialized and connectivity connected the westbound coast, leveraging its strategical determination successful the said region.
Meanwhile, the airdrome went connected grounds successful May, 2025 that home cargo operations astatine the Integrated Cargo Terminal astatine the airdrome began connected May 1, 2023. The airdrome handled 3,864.1 tonnes of home cargo successful 2024-25, arsenic against 3,706.02 tonnes handled successful 2023-24. On the planetary front, the airdrome started cargo operations successful July 2024 and handled 1,347.07 tonnes, including 1,346.27 tonnes of outbound and 0.79 tonnes of inbound cargo till March 31, 2025.
