Demand for restoration of direct Kozhikode flights

Kozhikode: An association of expatriates from Kozhikode living in Kuwait today appealed to the government to restore direct flights between the two cities. "Indian community is the largest expatriate community in Kuwait and their numbers exceeded six lakhs as per the latest statistics of Indian Embassy and Government of Kuwait, a release by Kozhikode District Association, Kuwait, said. Over 50 per cent of the Indians working in Kuwait were from Kerala and out of this around 80,000 are from Kozhikode district, it said. Air India Express operates direct flights to Kochi and Mangalore though the number of passengers to these places was much less than those travelling to Kozhikode, it said.
01/07/11 IBN Live

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Categories: Airports Jul 2011, Foreign Jul 2011