| Trivandrum International Airport തിരുവനന്തപുരം വിമാനത്താവളം |
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| IATA: TRV – ICAO: VOTV | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Airports Authority of India | ||
| Location | Thiruvananthapuram | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 08°28′56″N 76°55′12″E / 8.48222°N 76.92°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 14/32 | 3,996 | 13,110 | Asphalt |
Trivandrum International Airport[1] (IATA: TRV, ICAO: VOTV) is the first airport of Kerala, India, located in Thiruvananthapuram. It is approximately 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) due west from the city centre[1] and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Kovalam beach[citation needed].
Trivandrum International Airport has direct flights to many international cities like Kuwait, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Malé, Colombo, Sharjah, Muscat, Bahrain, Doha, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi. It is linked with Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Goa and Bangalore by domestic flights. The airport is a convenient point for hopping onto neighbouring SAARC countries like Sri Lanka and Maldives as well as to the Middle East and South East Asian countries.
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History
The airport was established in 1932 as part of the Kerala Flying Club (under the initiative of Colonel Goda Varma Raja).[citation needed] International operations were initiated by Air India to cities in the Middle East like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Doha, Kuwait City, Bahrain and Dahran during the latter half of the 1970s & early 80s. Very soon, Air Lanka (now Sri Lankan) & Air Male joined the race.[citation needed] On January 1, 1991 it was upgraded to an international airport, making it the first such airport in India outside the metropolitan cities.[citation needed]
Expansion plans
Work on a new third terminal to cater for the increasing load of international passengers has commenced in 2006.[citation needed] Decks have been cleared for the construction of a world-class terminal for the Trivandrum international airport with the Union Government giving its nod for the Rs.258 crore airport modernisation project.[citation needed]
The terminal, being constructed by Airports Authority of India (AAI) on the city side, will give a big impetus to the development of the city, the IT sector and the tourism industry in the southern districts. The three-storeyed building with an area of 20,000 sq. metres, designed by a consortium of three companies, is of tubular design.[citation needed] All modern facilities such as escalators, elevators and aerobridges will be provided. The terminal will be able to handle the passengers of two A-300s and one Boeing 747 aircraft at a time.[citation needed]
To enable the passengers to check in at any counter, a Common Users Terminal Equipment (CUTE) will be installed.[citation needed] X-ray machines will be attached to the side of the conveyor belts for faster clearance of baggage. The check-in area will have a floor area of 950 sq. metres and the arrival area 570 sq. metres.[citation needed] The annual handling capacity of the terminal will be 13.3 lakh. The entrance to the terminal will be from the Chaka-Eenchakkal road. A bridge will be built across the Parvathy Puthanar canal to link the proposed new terminal to the Kazhakuttam-Inchivila NH 47. bypass.
The new terminal of the Thiruvananthapuram international airport will open in January 2010,.The present terminal can only cater to about 500 passengers at a time. The new terminal would be able to handle up to 1600 passengers.The new terminal is a tubular three-storied fully air-conditioned building with a floor area of 20,000 sq meters and would provide wi-fi connectivity to passengers.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had laid the foundation stone for the terminal on Nov 1, 2006 after the Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs Sept 2006 approved the Rs.2.5 billion project. The new terminal is expected to be operational by April 2010.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations
There are two terminals, Terminal 1 serving solely domestic flights and Terminal 2 serving international flights.
The international terminal provides 2 gates. Ground operations are handled by Air India and AAI[1]. It has basic amenities including cafés, a book-seller, duty-free shopping (used to run by ITDC, now by a private operator), free local calls, phone-recharging points and an executive lounge run by Muthoot Plaza[2]. Though there is no wireless internet access, passengers can make use of a cybercafé for a fee.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| AirAsia | Kuala Lumpur |
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air India | Dammam, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, Riyadh |
| Air-India Express | Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Chennai, Doha, Dubai, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat, Salalah, Sharjah, Singapore |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| Indian Airlines | Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Malé, Mumbai, Sharjah |
| Jet Airways | Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Muscat |
| Kingfisher Airlines | Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Mumbai |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait |
| Maldivian | Malé |
| Monarch Airlines | London-Gatwick [charter; seasonal] |
| Oman Air | Muscat |
| Paramount Airways | Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| SilkAir | Singapore |
| Sri Lankan Airlines | Colombo |
Terminal 3
- Terminal 3 of the airport is presently under construction.
The Terminal 3 of Trivandrum is set to be completed (scheduled) by the end of January 2010 . The New Terminal will have 5-8 or more advanced jetways as well as will handle major international flight's. By April 2010 Terminal 3 of Trivandrum Airport will be Open to the Public .
References
- ^ a b c Trivandrum International Airport, official airport name as per Airports Authority of India
- ^ http://www.silkair.com/mbe/en_UK/content/experience/ontheground_airportlounge.jsp
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Trivandrum International Airport |
- Thiruvananthapuram Aerodrome - AIP published by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
- Runway image from flickr
- Airport information for VOTV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- Airport information for VOTV at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Accident history for TRV at Aviation Safety Network
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