Calicut: Wide-body aircraft of Saudia, Emirates, Etihad Airways and Air India will soon operate their flights to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in Karipur, facilitating transport of thousands of Keralite expat workers in the Gulf as well as Haj and Umrah pilgrims from the Malabar region.
“There is no obstacle facing operation of wide-bodied aircraft to Calicut airport,” said K. Srinivasa Rao, director of the airport, while speaking to Saudi Gazette.
“We are now awaiting the green signal from the Directorate of Civil Aviation for the operation of big aircraft and we expect the permission any time from now,” he added.
He said the airport’s newly constructed international passenger terminal would be launched either in August or September, adding that it would increase the airport’s annual capacity from three million to 4.5 million. He estimated the airport’s annual revenue at Rs2 billion. But revenue fell 30 percent while exports were down 80% after AAI denied wide-body aircraft.
27/07/18 P.K. Abdul Ghafour/Saudi Gazette
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“There is no obstacle facing operation of wide-bodied aircraft to Calicut airport,” said K. Srinivasa Rao, director of the airport, while speaking to Saudi Gazette.
“We are now awaiting the green signal from the Directorate of Civil Aviation for the operation of big aircraft and we expect the permission any time from now,” he added.
He said the airport’s newly constructed international passenger terminal would be launched either in August or September, adding that it would increase the airport’s annual capacity from three million to 4.5 million. He estimated the airport’s annual revenue at Rs2 billion. But revenue fell 30 percent while exports were down 80% after AAI denied wide-body aircraft.
27/07/18 P.K. Abdul Ghafour/Saudi Gazette
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