Coimbatore, Nov. 25:
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), Coimbatore, has
requested the Union Civil Aviation Minister to expedite works relating to the
expansion of Coimbatore airport that has been declared an international
airport.
It has also urged him to link more domestic and international cities
with Coimbatore and encourage global operators to launch services.
R.R. Balasundharam, President, ICCI, Coimbatore, in a communication to
the Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, welcoming the recent announcement of
making Coimbatore airport an international airport, said it was yet to be
equipped with requisite infrastructure facilities and the flights operated from
here were ‘not sufficient’.
He said the airport expansion programme should be speeded up and the
number of cargo flights from the city enhanced. He wanted the airport to be
included in the cities under bilateral agreements for unrestricted operations
as has been done in case of all other non-metro airports in the South for
getting more international connectivity.
Listing the international flights to be launched, he said services to
West Asia with onward journey connections to Europe and North America should be
introduced and there should be daily flights to Dubai. The tri-weekly Silk Air
service to Singapore should be converted into a daily service and Air Arabia
flight to Sharjah should be made a daily service from the present five times a
week, he said.
Balasundharam mentioned that Air Asia, Fly Dubai and Bahrain Air had
earlier evinced interest in operating services to Coimbatore and they should be
permitted to launch services to the city. He also wanted global players such as
Emirates, Etihad, Malaysian Airlines and Lufthansa should be contacted for
launching their services to the tex-city.
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