Kannur International Airport to begin operations in September

Team Udayavani, Jun 23, 2018, 7:36 PM IST

New Delhi: Kannur International Airport will begin operations in September, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said today after meeting Union Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Kannur aerodrome will become the fourth international one in Kerala, which is already the state with the most number of international airports in the country.

Vijayan said Prabhu has assured that issues regarding the operations of foreign airlines at the airport would be sorted out and that the issues would be discussed with the overseas carriers.

Addressing a press meet on the achievements of the Left Democratic Front government, which completed two years last month, Vijayan also said the meeting with Prabhu was fruitful.

Last month, the Union Home Ministry sanctioned deployment of over 600 CISF personnel at the airport, spread over 2,330 acres.

Vijayan said feasibility study is underway for setting up an airport at Aranmula in the southern district of Pathanamthitta. The district is known for the hilltop shrine Sabarimala which attracts lakhs of pilgrims every year.

We also discussed development plans for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode airports. Chairman of the Airports Authority of India will visit Kerala to study issues related to these airports, he said. AAI will conduct inspections as part of the expansion plans of these airports, he added.

Land is necessary for development. Since we are short of land, AAI will inspect whether they can make any adjustments with their demands for expansion, he said.

orrupt compared to other states.

We are an open defecation-free state. We also achieved total electrification in all houses unlike other states which claim total electrification even when they give electricity to any part of a village, he said.