Madurai: The first commercial international flight from Madurai airport took off to Colombo on Thursday raising hopes of a tourism boom and increase in bilateral trade ties with the island nation.
The SpiceJet flight that took off to Colombo had 77 passengers, including 48 from the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TNfrom Madurai who hope to tap the trade market opened up by the international connectivity to Colombo. In the return flight, 46 passengers arrived from Colombo.
"The airport is beautiful and I can compare very well on a par with the Bangalore airport or any other international airport for that matter," exclaimed Mohammed Hareesh, an export trader from Sri Lanka after landing in Madurai along with his wife Siddhi Nadeera by the Colombo - Madurai flight operated by SpiceJet on Thursday evening.
21/09/12 J Arockiaraj/Times of India
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The SpiceJet flight that took off to Colombo had 77 passengers, including 48 from the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TNfrom Madurai who hope to tap the trade market opened up by the international connectivity to Colombo. In the return flight, 46 passengers arrived from Colombo.
"The airport is beautiful and I can compare very well on a par with the Bangalore airport or any other international airport for that matter," exclaimed Mohammed Hareesh, an export trader from Sri Lanka after landing in Madurai along with his wife Siddhi Nadeera by the Colombo - Madurai flight operated by SpiceJet on Thursday evening.
21/09/12 J Arockiaraj/Times of India
