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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Tiruchi airport clocks 25 per cent growth in international passenger traffic


Tiruchi: With a robust growth recorded in passenger and freight movement, the Tiruchi international airport has emerged as one of the fast growing non-metro airports in the country.

Catering essentially to select South, South East Asian, and West Asian destinations this profit-making airport has seen a steady rise in overseas flight services of certain low-cost foreign carriers spurring growth.

Serving as a hub for a large workforce of central and southern districts employed in West Asia and South East Asia, Tiruchi is unique among non-metro airports with more overseas operations than domestic connectivity.

Financial year 2014-15 was a landmark period for the airport when the overall passenger traffic crossed the one million mark with the volume of export cargo despatched exceeding 4,700 tonnes.
Read news in full 29/07/15 R. Rajaram/The Hindu

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