Edible fish and seafood exports comprised of tuna, prawns and mullets were sent from the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport yesterday, the Airport and Aviation Services Limited said.
It said SkyUp Airline PQ-555 outward flight to Ukraine carried 658.5kg fish and seafood from the airport.
“Sri Lanka has emerged as a quality fish and seafood exporter. The MRIA ready is ready and equipped to handle increased volumes of seafood air freight cargo in the future,” it said.
Meanwhile, Shehan Sumanasekara, Director of Operations said that plans have been made to promote MRIA as a cargo transshipment hub in the future linking the airport and seaport via bonded trucking.Fish & seafood cargo exports begin from Mattala
09 Jan 2021
Fish & seafood cargo exports begin from Mattala
09 Jan 2021
Edible fish and seafood exports comprised of tuna, prawns and mullets were sent from the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport yesterday, the Airport and Aviation Services Limited said.
It said SkyUp Airline PQ-555 outward flight to Ukraine carried 658.5kg fish and seafood from the airport.
“Sri Lanka has emerged as a quality fish and seafood exporter. The MRIA ready is ready and equipped to handle increased volumes of seafood air freight cargo in the future,” it said.
Meanwhile, Shehan Sumanasekara, Director of Operations said that plans have been made to promote MRIA as a cargo transshipment hub in the future linking the airport and seaport via bonded trucking.