Govt. to develop MRIA as cargo and training hub: Prasanna Ranatunga

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The government will develop the Mattala Airport as a cargo hub and a training facility for aeronautical engineering in partnership with the private sector, a minister said today.

Industrial Export, Investment Promotion and Civil Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga told Daily Mirror today that the Mattala Airport would be linked with the Hambantota port for cargo handling. Besides, he said it would be developed as a training facility for aeronautical engineering.

He said private sector partnership would be used for the management of the airport.

“The government alone cannot develop it. We need a private sector partnership to manage it. We have not decided whether it will be a foreign partnership or local,” he said.

The previous government planned to develop the airport with India. (Kelum Bandara)

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Joe Thursday, 28 November 2019 07:10 AM

Bringing rice from polannaruwa?

Dirosh Amarasinghe Thursday, 28 November 2019 08:02 AM

We are looking forward to see local partners being involved. Any foreign involvement should be through local companies that has a long business history in the industry it self. Sri Lankan Cargo and Local freight forwarding companies is the way forward.

Sokrates Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:04 AM

Waste of money. Give this useless airport, built for the ego of a dumped dictator, to the Indians or let the US put up an air base. The government needs urgent money for all the tax concessions.

Anmanpan Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:09 AM

So the jokers know Mattala can not be used as a commercial passenger port. Out tax money. What are this man's qualification? GCE(OL)?

BIA Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:25 AM

Please develop BIA also which is more important. The tourists get first impression about our country when they land at BIA.

Ranjith Thursday, 28 November 2019 10:47 AM

Yes use Mattala MRO, set up a University for Aeronautical studies , Pilot training school and use for regional cargo hub India no longer needs our ports India have developed Mega seaports and can handle 18 feet draft mega container carriers

PR Thursday, 28 November 2019 02:13 PM

Has he been acquitted from the major bribery case?

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