Andhra Pradesh's major port city, Visakhapatnam would have a full-fledged international air cargo terminal by April 2013. Vizag is now directly connected to Dubai, and by October, it is likely to have air connectivity with Singapore as well.
This would result not only in passenger traffic rise but provide an impetus to the export of perishable goods, especially marine products. Currently, Vizag handles a mere 2,546.5 tonne of cargo, which is next to nothing compared to the 370,255 tonne of domestic and international cargo handled by Chennai and 79,046 tonne by Hyderabad airports for the year 2011.
For the same period, Bangalore handled 223,000 tonne. Speaking on the need for a full-fledged cargo terminal in Visakhapatnam, Srinivasa Rao, Director of the Vizag airport, noted that the port city was fast developing into a base for specialised export products. Furthermore, there is also a vast untapped agro sector from which perishable goods could be exported both within the country and outside.
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