Interactive Session Organized by KCCI & MIA Officials: These Points Were Discussed

Interactive Session Organized by KCCI & MIA Officials: These Points Were Discussed

Interactive session organised by the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the officials of the Mangalore International Airport was held at the chamber on June 27th, Tuesday. Several Points were discussed during the meeting. Some of them being, breaking the monopoly of airlines to level prices, remediating guest services, connections to Europe and the USA, making Mangalore International Airport (MIA) one of the haj embarkation points and allowing fish export cargo on domestic and international flights.

Cargo operators requested that export of chilled fish items, both in domestic and international carriers, be facilitated. Currently, there is no scope for exporting seafood items, even though we have a lot of players in the market interested in it. The MIA officials were asked to explore connecting international flights from Mangalore to European countries and the USA. There are lot of queries from passengers travelling in and out of Managalore, whether a connecting flight can be arranged from Dubai to Europe and the USA. Also, there is currently an airline monopoly at MIA, which is killing the aviation market due to sky-high fares. MIA also needs to think of adding foreign flight operators.

Earlier, during a presentation, Falodiya shared that the International Cargo terminal will be open for services soon. There is also a plan to have a village concept outside the terminal, restobar and other eateries, which will be not only open for air passengers, but also for the public. There is also a plan for a lounge and new duty-free outlet, which are in progress, and likely to open soon. Terminal modification is also proposed.