Kannur, Jul 28: Several major international and domestic airlines have expressed their willingness to operate services to the Kannur Greenfield International Airport coming up at Mattannur, here.
This was communicated by representatives of these airlines at a meeting convened by the Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) here on Wednesday.
The 15 airlines that have come forward are: Air India, Air India Express, Go Air, Air Arabia, Qatar Airways, Air Asia India, Ethihad Airways, Jet Airways, Silk Air, Gulf Air, Oman Air, Spice Jet, Emirates, Fly Dubai and Indigo.
The meeting was convened by KIAL against the backdrop of the airlines gearing up for the preparation of the summer schedule.
“The exercise was to sensitise the invited airline representatives to attract them to Kannur. We have succeeded in the task,” Managing Director of KIAL V. Thulasidas said.
During the open house and the one-to-one interaction after the airport was showcased, the airline representatives told KIAL that they were keen to operate to Kannur once the airport became functional in March 2017.
International and domestic routes to and from Kannur and the flight schedules came up for discussion.
The airlines sought night parking facilities as the apron can accommodate 20 Code C aircraft in Phase I and another 40 in Phase II lounges in the integrated terminal building and communicated their keenness to commence cargo operations from the Kannur airport.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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Good news for the victims of bribe and arrasements in mangalore airport
Mangalore airport will sleep now.. missed great opportunity to connect the world.. this Wil be more used by cow lover to import cows.
KAIL about 3 hrs drive from mlore will b helpful for all mangaloreans who r overseas residents..
It's too late to invite international carriers now.. better forget it..
Mangalore international cowandrum..
Mangalore airport will sleep now.. it was a great opportunity but missed, this can be a support from our cow lover who might be planning to use airport to import more cows to mlore..
No problem we can use Kannur airport will be more advance n top class facilities just about 3 hrs drive from mlore.. connectivity anywhere in the world just one stopover.. no more whole sleepless night waiting at Mumbai airport..
Wish quick n good start KIAL...
end times of mangalore airport begins... :)
With Silk Air and Asia we will get the much needed connectivity to east asia , south east asia, Australia and new Zealand. these companies should have been brought to mlore airport. Kannur is just 1.5 hours by train from mlore.
But mlore we will lose the gulf travelers from North Kerala.
Hence Mlore airport will have to look for new market or some new idea.
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