New logistics park at MOPA to boost cargo ops by 2023

GMR Airport’s cargo division is creating infrastructure and ground facilities at the upcoming airport at Mopa that will encourage cargo operations. GMR is working on plans to shift the cargo that is currently being transported by road to Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai onto air freighters from the first quarter of 2023. GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a subsidiary of GMR Airports Infrastructure, plans to set up a logistics park on the 232 acres of commercial land available at Mopa. According to the reports, a world-class integrated air cargo terminal is being developed which is capable of handling wide body Boeing 747s, Boeing 777s and all of kinds of major bulk cargo for which the only option today is Mumbai, Hyderabad, or Chennai. So rather than cargo going out of Goa to Mumbai, cargo will start coming to Goa for shipment abroad.