Tiruchi: Amid tremendous demand for introduction of overseas flight services to key West Asian destinations from here, the Tiruchi airport authorities have requested two private carriers to explore the possibility of operating services in that sector.
In addition to exploring the possibility of operating flights to select West Asian destinations, the airport authorities have appealed to the two airlines — IndiGo and SpiceJet — to operate flights in the domestic Tiruchi-Mumbai-Tiruchi sector as well.
The airport authorities conveyed their interest in this regard through separate letters forwarded to IndiGo and SpiceJet.
The request has been made at a time when there is a heavy demand for operation of international flights to connect more West Asian countries from Tiruchi as well as to augment domestic connectivity.
At present, Air India Express is the lone overseas carrier operating a daily service to Dubai in the West Asian region.
Although flight services were operated to Sharjah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi from Tiruchi a few years ago, they were all withdrawn one after the other for different reasons.
28/06/16 R Rajaram/The Hindu
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In addition to exploring the possibility of operating flights to select West Asian destinations, the airport authorities have appealed to the two airlines — IndiGo and SpiceJet — to operate flights in the domestic Tiruchi-Mumbai-Tiruchi sector as well.
The airport authorities conveyed their interest in this regard through separate letters forwarded to IndiGo and SpiceJet.
The request has been made at a time when there is a heavy demand for operation of international flights to connect more West Asian countries from Tiruchi as well as to augment domestic connectivity.
At present, Air India Express is the lone overseas carrier operating a daily service to Dubai in the West Asian region.
Although flight services were operated to Sharjah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi from Tiruchi a few years ago, they were all withdrawn one after the other for different reasons.
28/06/16 R Rajaram/The Hindu
