Dabolim airport in India's Goa state to be cargo hub

Local residents were worried that after the commissioning of the Mopa airport, the airport at Dabolim would lose its relevance, he said.

“I can safely say that the Dabolim airport will give the Mopa airport stiff competition,” the member of legislative assembly from Dabolim was quoted as saying by media reports from the state.

As the Mopa International Airport is bigger than the one at Dabolim, the former will accommodate jumbo aircraft and a facility for repairs of aircraft will also be made available there, he said.

Godinho said the state needs a ‘multi-modal’ hub along the lines of Singapore and Dubai equipped with infrastructure to handle container cargo on a bigger scale.

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