Tiruchi: Cruising ahead of other non-metro airports in the State in respect of overseas passenger movements, the Tiruchi International Airport has however lagged behind in domestic connectivity.
Lack of direct connectivity to additional domestic destinations notwithstanding persistent demand from travellers in this part of the region has been a major factor in Tiruchi airport being behind Coimbatore and Madurai airports, which are better connected to domestic destinations.
Unlike Madurai and Coimbatore, Tiruchi airport does not have flight connectivity to the country’s financial capital Mumbai, and political capital New Delhi although the services that were in operation for few months last year was suspended all of a sudden much to the disappointment of travellers here.
That Coimbatore and Madurai airports are way ahead of Tiruchi in terms of domestic passenger movements is evident from the connectivity to the major cities as well as movement of travellers. Airports Authority of India statistics reveals that domestic passenger movement at Coimbatore airport during the first three months of the current fiscal (April to June) was over a little over 5.66 lakh.
In the case of Madurai airport, domestic traffic handled during the same period was over 2.69 lakh. As compared to these two airports, domestic passenger movements at Tiruchi airport was 73,527 although it is way ahead in terms of international passenger traffic.
Stakeholders say while Coimbatore and Madurai airports have flight connectivity to major cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad other than Bengaluru and Chennai, Tiruchi has connectivity only to Chennai, Bengaluru and Kochi.
06/08/19 R Rajaram/The Hindu
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Lack of direct connectivity to additional domestic destinations notwithstanding persistent demand from travellers in this part of the region has been a major factor in Tiruchi airport being behind Coimbatore and Madurai airports, which are better connected to domestic destinations.
Unlike Madurai and Coimbatore, Tiruchi airport does not have flight connectivity to the country’s financial capital Mumbai, and political capital New Delhi although the services that were in operation for few months last year was suspended all of a sudden much to the disappointment of travellers here.
That Coimbatore and Madurai airports are way ahead of Tiruchi in terms of domestic passenger movements is evident from the connectivity to the major cities as well as movement of travellers. Airports Authority of India statistics reveals that domestic passenger movement at Coimbatore airport during the first three months of the current fiscal (April to June) was over a little over 5.66 lakh.
In the case of Madurai airport, domestic traffic handled during the same period was over 2.69 lakh. As compared to these two airports, domestic passenger movements at Tiruchi airport was 73,527 although it is way ahead in terms of international passenger traffic.
Stakeholders say while Coimbatore and Madurai airports have flight connectivity to major cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi and Hyderabad other than Bengaluru and Chennai, Tiruchi has connectivity only to Chennai, Bengaluru and Kochi.
06/08/19 R Rajaram/The Hindu
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