88 tonnes of goods exported via Sea-to-Air Cargo service in October

88 tonnes of goods were exported last October through the Sea-to-Air Cargo Transshipment service provided by Velana International Airport (VIA).

This was revealed in the statistics for the past month's Sea-to-Air Cargo service shared on social media by Maldives Ports Limited (MPL).

The Sea-to-Air Cargo service is a service launched by Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL) in Maldives in May 2024 to safely and swiftly transport goods brought via sea through MPL to their intended destinations by air.

Last month, goods via the Sea-to-Air Cargo service were mainly exported through Qatar Airways, Swiss, and Turkish Airlines to Italy, Sweden, Türkiye, the United States, and Poland.

Airlines currently providing the Sea-to-Air Transshipment service at VIA include internationally prominent airlines.

In this regard, along with well-known Gulf region airlines Qatar Airways and Emirates, two prominent European airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, are also providing this service.

With the Sea-to-Air Cargo service, the cargo services provided by VIA have expanded further.