FLIGHTS FROM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AIRPORT
05/August/2010
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1929
ANSWERED ON:  05.08.2010
FLIGHTS FROM THIRUVANANTHAPURAM AIRPORT
SHASHI THAROOR
 
Will the Minister of



CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:-




(a) whether as per existing flights schedules of various airlines including national carriers, it is possible to fly directly from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai and Doha but not to Delhi; and 

(b) if so, the steps being taken to ensure direct flight connectivity between the national capital and the State capital?


ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION(SHRI PRAFUL PATEL) 

(a) and (b):- The flight schedules for operation of all flights are decided by the airlines themselves on the basis of commercial inputs and operational feasibility, and there is no restriction for airlines to operate on the Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi Route. All domestic airlines are subject to Route Dispersal Guidelines uniformly.


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