Chennai: Adani Enterprises winning bids to develop Trivandrum and Mangaluru airports, two cities which have good potential for international traffic, has cast shadows on the progress of Chennai.
Though the public sector Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been striving to improve, capacity constraints, the indecision over the second airport on the part of the Tamil Nadu government might mean that new international flights may be started from Trivandrum and Mangaluru as private player will be able to develop facilities faster.
The Bengaluru airport has managed to overtake Chennai in domestic passenger traffic and while the rate of growth of international aircraft movement and passenger traffic is higher than Chennai.
Bengaluru recorded 16.2% growth in international passenger traffic and 11.9% growth in international aircraft movement while Chennai recorded only 9.6% increase in passengers and 5.3% increase in aircraft movement in 2018, when compared to the previous year. "The Bengaluru airport is catching up with Chennai fast. Airlines have also added frequency and new services only from Bengaluru in recent times. A new Hong Kong flight was launched from Bengaluru while other airlines have increased frequency. A Chennai-Paris flight by Jet AAirways was the only new destination that was launched from Chennai in the past five years," says an airline official.
Though Chennai is a port city, there are only two direct flights to Europe — London and Paris. The airport cannot handle A380 planes which is why Hyderabad is slotted as a designated airport for unscheduled or emergency landing for overflying A380 planes.
27/02/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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Though the public sector Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been striving to improve, capacity constraints, the indecision over the second airport on the part of the Tamil Nadu government might mean that new international flights may be started from Trivandrum and Mangaluru as private player will be able to develop facilities faster.
The Bengaluru airport has managed to overtake Chennai in domestic passenger traffic and while the rate of growth of international aircraft movement and passenger traffic is higher than Chennai.
Bengaluru recorded 16.2% growth in international passenger traffic and 11.9% growth in international aircraft movement while Chennai recorded only 9.6% increase in passengers and 5.3% increase in aircraft movement in 2018, when compared to the previous year. "The Bengaluru airport is catching up with Chennai fast. Airlines have also added frequency and new services only from Bengaluru in recent times. A new Hong Kong flight was launched from Bengaluru while other airlines have increased frequency. A Chennai-Paris flight by Jet AAirways was the only new destination that was launched from Chennai in the past five years," says an airline official.
Though Chennai is a port city, there are only two direct flights to Europe — London and Paris. The airport cannot handle A380 planes which is why Hyderabad is slotted as a designated airport for unscheduled or emergency landing for overflying A380 planes.
27/02/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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