Air India Express has increased the number of weekly services from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai and Abu Dhabi from five to six. The new service will be operational on Mondays increasing the number of weekly services from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai to 28 and Abu Dhabi to 40.
Air India Express started commercial flights from Thiruvananthapuram to Bahrain and Dammam last year in November becoming the largest airline operator from Thiruvananthapuram in terms of the number of international flights with 70 weekly services
Thiruvananthapuram airport has a weekly frequency of more than 131 domestic and 120 international flights. The connectivity has increased to 12 international destinations, including Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Bahrain, Dammam, Kuwait, Singapore, Colombo, Male, and Hanimaadhoo, and 10 domestic destinations, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi, and Kannur.
The weekly air traffic movement from Thiruvananthapuram airport is set to increase in the coming months, thereby bringing more connectivity. The new summer schedule has a multitude of new services with weekly traffic getting increased.
Akasa Airlines, the low-cost airline, is expected to start its service soon. Recently, Vistara has started two new daily services to New Delhi. The average number of passengers relying on Thiruvananthapuram airport has doubled in the past two years.