AAI grants approval for Cargo complex at Surat airport

Surat, DeshGujarat

Airport Authority of India(AAI) has granted approval to 5,000 tonne storage capacity cargo terminal complex at Surat airport following a demand made by Chamber of Commerce and Airport Awareness Group. Tenders for cargo complex will be out possibly in couple of months. In another development, AAI Western region office has sent a letter to Spice Jet to continue to operate its passenger cum cargo flight on Mumbai, Surat, Delhi route.

Spice Jet service on Surat airport is on halt after buffalo hit incident.However SpiceJet is continuing to have its office and cargo room here. Surat is ‘C’ category airport and SpiceJet is only air operator that has permission to operate passenger cum cargo flight. By October 2014, SpiceJet was daily transferring 4-5 tonne non-customize goods from Surat and bringing same quantity of goods to Surat.

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