New flights in Trichy to Delhi and Mumbai - SpiceJet

Low-cost airline SpiceJet Monday added Trichy to its route map, connecting the temple town with daily flights to Delhi and Mumbai via Chennai.

'Trichy is the gateway to south Tamil Nadu and is also known as the cultural capital of the state. We are happy to announce Trichy- home to famous Meenakshi temple- as our 20th destination,' the airline said.

The airline's Boeing 737-800, named Cardomum, landed in Trichy from Chennai around 9.45 a.m. with the traditional water salute accorded to it.

According to SpiceJet officials, Trichy is the first new destination added by the carrier to its route map after Sun TV Network promoter Kalanithi Maran bought into the airline through KAL Airways Pvt Ltd in June this year for around Rs.750 crore.

SpiceJet will go international next month, launching flights to Kathmandu Oct 7 and Colombo in Sri Lanka Oct 9.

The airline met the government's criteria for starting international operations in May as it completed five years of operations and augmented a fleet of more than 20 aircraft.

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A new outlook of Trichy International Airport's utility

After many news broadcasts and little delays, at last Trichy International Airport is inaugurated and opened recently.

Now, what?

How do we have the Airport functioning and useful!? Trichy Airport will function as international airport, only when international flights come in and go out of Trichy Airport. Why there is no news on that? Here is the reason -

Flight operators were complaining that Customs Checking Operation division has to be opened in Trichy Airport, then only International flights can operate. When asked with the Customs operations, they are telling International Flights has to operate then only Customs can be started.

Having this situation, there had been discussions between officers and now conclusions are made lately that in a month's time flights will operate. Basically, in 2 weeks Customs will start it seems (Government's message), and automatically international flights would start working in another 2 weeks (assumption).

In one month - Trichy to Colombo will be operated by Srilanka Airlines, Air India Express; Trichy To Dubai will be operated by Air Arabia; Trichy to Singapore will be operated by Air Asia. Air Lanka will operate from Colombo to Europe and America.
Air Lanka has decided to provide flights from Colombo to all across the world, which means flights are connected from Trichy to all around the world!!

There are numerous advantages of Trichy International Airport and flights -
Every time, people from Southern districts have to go to Chennai to fly out of the country. Now, it is a great step that people from Southern districts can fly from Trichy to anywhere in the world, directly from Trichy.

As on date - people travelling from Chennai to all south asian countries are most of them are from southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Almost 70% are from Trichy and southern districts. With the Trichy international airport, people can directly fly to and fro Trichy to anywhere in the world.

Also, all the tourists from Tamil Nadu can go from Trichy directly to anywhere in the world - which helps them with lesser travel and also lesser cost for the trip.

Also, the international tourists from Asian countries who visit Kanyakumari, Meenakshi Amman Temple, Coutrallam etc., can come to Trichy directly, instead of coming to Chennai and then coming to Trichy in different modes of transports!

Great job by the Government!!! We at Trichy247.com thank the government for Trichy's International Airport!!!! Great step and this is going to change Trichy for good! First step haan!

Trichy New International Airport Terminal Inaugurated - Ready 2010

On Sunday September 12th 2010, New International Status Airport in Trichy was ready and inaugurated.

Central Home Minister P.Chidambaram, Central Airways Minister Praful Patel and Central Fertilizers Minister M.K.Azhagiri were present in the Trichy Airport and opened the airport for further functioning.

Total expenses of the new terminal of Trichy Airport is Rs.128 Crores. Today, around 5 flights can be ported in the airport, but with the new terminal around 7 flights can be hosted and ported.

500 passengers can be engaged in the Airport with the new terminal. It is around 17,500 sq.ft area land. 6 escalators and 6 lifts are there in the new terminal. 3 Aerobridges are built, using which passengers can go directly into the flight from the terminal.

It will take couple of months for International flights to function in the new airport terminal in Trichy Airport.

It is a great plus for Trichy, its business, transportation, travel business. This is a great step from the Government for Trichy and its improvement...

It has been all the time news and atlast time has come for the Trichy International Airport. Similarly, we think gradually all other important news would also come out like Trichy IT park, AIIMS like hospital etc., and much more than that.

Trichy Airport - Did you know?

Because of heavy traffic at the Trichy Airport, the Airport Authority of India has decided to hand over sixty acres of land to modernize. The AAI has decided to increase the length of the runway to 7,500 ft and install an Instrument Landing system(ILS) and Simple Approach Lightning System.

Naming Trichy Airport Issue

There is a proverb in Tamil - "Innum kalyaaname aagaliyaam, athukkulla pillaikku peru anantha narayana krishna murthy raajaa raamaa". (English Translation - The guy is not married yet, but he has named his child as anantha narayana krishna murthy raajaa raamaa).

Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has threatened to launch an agitation if the Tamil Nadu Government further delayed its consent to name the city airport after freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.

Swamy has written letter to the government, but he has not received any response yet.

My question is - the international Trichy Airport is not ready yet, but issues of NAMING has raised!

God Bless Trichy!

New Terminal in Trichy Airport: Trichy Airport Expansion

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The Hindu quotes - "Work on the new integrated terminal building for handling 500 passengers at Trichy airport is likely to be completed by October this year."

Read more in The Hindu.

These are some of the improvements and government initiatives to improve Trichy.

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Lands near Trichy Airport in high demand

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As you know already, lands near Trichy IT park were on high demand recently and still it is.

There is always some kind of improvement and advancement news in and around Trichy anytime. Previously it was around IT park, then the new medical center proposed in Austinpatti trichy and now the new airport terminal in Trichy Airport.

Even if anything is not going to be up in few days, all the news proposed are eventually going to happen in Trichy, pragmatically. Where would the developments go in Tamil Nadu - it has to come to cities like Trichy. What was the situation 10-15 years back for Bangalore and Hyderabad is the situation for Trichy today!

It would be a smart move to purchase lands even in small quantities in these areas around the Trichy Airport area. Why not give it a shot?

Sun City Real Estate Agency has come up with a land - perfectly arranged and split into plots. Here is the related post and the plot map available for you to view. Click here for the plot map and related post.

Trichy Airport gets 610 acres free from Tamil Nadu Government

The Tamil Nadu Government has passed an order for providing 610 acres of land free of cost to the Trichy Airport, according to airport sources.

The Airports Authority of India had earlier requested the State Government for the land to carry out expansion. In the Rs 500 crore expansion plan, fire station, runway expansion and quality improvement works have been completed at a cost of Rs 75 crore till now. The new terminal building was coming up at a cost of Rs 130 crore.

Read more here

International Terminal in Trichy Airport Function: A Recap

The Tamil Nadu government had given administrative sanction to acquire 614.33 acres of land to expand the Trichy airport, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said, laying the foundation stone for a terminal building here on Saturday.

By March 2009, we would have the first international flight from this new terminal, he added. - Bureau Report

Chief minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday April 26th 2008 laid the foundation stone for a new integrated terminal building at the Trichy airport, a facility that would handle 500 passengers at a time.

Airport officials said the integrated terminal building would be ready by March 2009. Constructed at a cost of Rs 130 crore, it would have state-of-the-art facilities and amenities, including aerobridges, flight information display system and centralised air-conditioning.

The present terminal has the capacity to handle only 200 passengers.

Karunanidhi said all airports in the state would be pieces of architectural excellence and match world class airports.

Karunanidhi also laid the foundation stones for IT parks developed by Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu at Ilandaikulam and Vadapalanji in Trichy.

Trichy Airport Design: Trichy Airport Expansion

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The New airport in Trichy is going to be a 17,536-square metre building, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 88 crore. It will have advanced features. The new facility has been designed to cater to 500 passengers. It has been proposed to have four aero-bridges, though initially only two will come up. Seven glass passenger lifts, five escalators and online baggage handling systems would make it a world class airport

This is designed by Mott Macdonald, the firm which also designed the New Delhi airport and they are experts in providing designs for private and public sector infrastructures worldwide.

Here are a few pictures, which I got by email.










Sourced from forwarded emails - Not Validated for truth!
Chronicles of Trichy

Official and Latest News on Trichy IT Park: Trichy Tidel Park: Trichy Airport - Foundation Stone for New Terminal Building in Trichy Airport

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Official and Latest News on Trichy IT Park: Trichy Tidel Park: Trichy Airport - Foundation Stone for New Terminal Building in Trichy Airport

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On the evening of 26th of April, Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi is laying a foundation for three important things -

1) Airport Expansion to International Terms - New Terminal Foundation.
2) Trichy Tidel Park in Trichy North - near Mattuthavani
3) Trichy IT Park in Trichy South

This function is scheduled to happen this weekend on 26th of April in the Trichy Airport.

We are very glad about the whole news and it is going to change everything in Trichy to a very new positive level.

Tamil Nadu (CM) Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone for a new Integrated Terminal Building at Trichy Airport on April 26.

Official sources said as part of the modernization of the Trichy Airport, the Integrated Terminal Building which could handle 500 passengers at a time would come up.

Mr Karunanidhi will also lay the foundation stones for the much awaited Trichy North Ilandhaikulam Information Technology Park and Trichy South Vadapalanji Information Technology Park at a function to be held at the Trichy Airport on the same day.

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel would also participate, the news sources added.