Mumbai: Tucked away in a corner of Tamil Nadu, standing on a fraction of the area of Mumbai and Delhi's airports and overlooked by many international carriers, Trichy has in the past few years, become the fastest growing international airport in the country.
International passenger traffic in this southern town grew 382% to 773,423 between 2006-07 and 2012-13, jumping three notches more than bigger airports such as Goa, Lucknow and Amritsar, according to government statistics. This year, it is expected to overtake even Ahmedabad to become the tenth biggest international airport in India.
"We are expecting that either this financial year, or calendar year, the airport will hit the annual figure of 1 million passengers, and 10,000 aircraft movement," said H Ubaidullah, an independent analyst based in Tamil Nadu, who has done extensive research on Indian airports.
04/04/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
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International passenger traffic in this southern town grew 382% to 773,423 between 2006-07 and 2012-13, jumping three notches more than bigger airports such as Goa, Lucknow and Amritsar, according to government statistics. This year, it is expected to overtake even Ahmedabad to become the tenth biggest international airport in India.
"We are expecting that either this financial year, or calendar year, the airport will hit the annual figure of 1 million passengers, and 10,000 aircraft movement," said H Ubaidullah, an independent analyst based in Tamil Nadu, who has done extensive research on Indian airports.
04/04/14 Anirban Chowdhury/Economic Times
