MAC Holdings breaks billion rupee barrier

MAC Holdings, the Sri Lanka member of the EGSAC independent GSSA network, is celebrating breaking the billion Rupee barrier in its most recent year of trading. Most of the 50% increase in turnover results from growth in revenue generated for client airlines Continental, bmi, Vietnam Cargo and Thai Cargo.
With the recent appointment of MAC as cargo and passenger GSSA for Shenzhen Airlines, the company is predicting further dramatic growth throughout 2009. MAC will feed Shenzhen Airlines’ services from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, using Sri Lankan Airlines as the first sector carrier; a codeshare agreement is now being considered, which would bring benefit to both carriers.
Says MAC Chief Operations Officer Prasaj Pathirana: “Shenzhen Airlines represents excellent opportunities for exports and imports between Sri Lanka and China, and its network also covers all the key destinations throughout south east Asia. In addition to serving the growing potential market for export traffic to China, we want to develop Colombo as a transhipment hub for Chinese exports to the Middle East and Europe.”
Pathirana was recently appointed to his current post, following 12 years in the industry and 7 years in a variety of positions with MAC Holdings. MAC now estimates that it is one of the top 10 GSSAs in Sri Lanka. The company is the exclusive member of EGSAC for both Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The EGSAC network comprises over 80 bases in 35 countries.

Source: Transportweekly