PANAJI: Goa’s upcoming Mopa airport will be the second biggest airport in India after Mumbai for passengers and cargo, the Union government has said in a communiqué here.
To this effect, a joint team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Commerce Logistics Department will visit Goa on May 7 & 8 to facilitate the development of cargo hubs at the new airport to be constructed at Mopa in Goa.
“The team will meet Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries to work together in order to leverage the advantages the State offers in terms of connectivity to the coastal belt of Western India. The four coastal states in the western part of the country, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and Goa, will benefit greatly from the biggest airport, after Mumbai, to be constructed in Mopa,” the release by the Press Information Bureau has stated.
