![]() APADCL MD Bharat Reddy said that MP Gurumurthy is holding consultations with the Centre to start international services yielding fruitful results and very soon international services will start from Tirupati. Flight Number, Origin, Destination, Departure, Arrival, Days of Departure, Effective, Fares. At present, all of them have to go to Chennai and fly from there. ![]() Tirupati Airport is very convenient for the people of Rayalaseema, especially from Chittoor, Rajampet, Rayachoti, and Nellore, where there a large number of people are traveling to the Gulf countries for work. He added that the Center is ready to appoint Immigration and Customs officers once the commencement of services. Speaking further he said that the airport has all the necessary facilities for customs and immigration, conveyor belts for the arrival and departure of foreign passengers among other facilities, for international services to commence immediately. They said that they are also in touch with IndiGo and AirAsia carriers. Tirupati Airport Director Raj Kishore said that Air India Express had given a positive response to operating services from Tirupati to Kuwait. ![]() Officials said that there was no positive response from the Center when they asked for the allotment of 400 seats under this policy. MP Gurumurthy requested the Union Civil Aviation Minister to start flights to Kuwait under Open Sky Policy as it may take a long time to start bilateral flights between the two countries. AP Airport Development Corporation Limited (APADCL), local YSRCP MP M Gurumurthy, and airport authorities are in consultation with the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and are planning to start services from Tirupati Airport to Kuwait first. The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government has focused on and this plans are on to run flights from Tirupati to world cities. The Tirupati Airport got international airport status in 2017, but due to several reasons, the international services could not take off. The winter schedule usually begins on the last Sunday of October and ends on the last Saturday of (function() ) TIRUPATI: The Andhra Pradesh government announced that international flights would take off from the temple town of Tirupati's International Airport very soon thanks to the Government’s efforts. The flight services to Madurai and Coimbatore, which were being operated as part of the summer schedule have been removed under the proposed winter season schedule. With this, the daily flight movements at the Tirupati airport are expected to reach 44 during the winter season. The Tirupati airport authorities have sent proposals to accommodate 12 additional slots for the ensuing winter season to the existing 32 summer slots. TIRUPATI: Air Passengers travelling from Tirupati international airport will now be able to fly directly to Cochin and Pondicherry from this winter. According to AAI statistics, the domestic passenger traffic at Tirupati airport for August month stood at 78,902 showing a 29.6 percent rise compared to the corresponding period of 60,876. Rajkishore informed that once the approval for the additional slots comes, the passenger traffic at Tirupati would zoom past the current 2,500 to 3,500. However, it is expected that the new flights would be operated for at least four days a week."Ĭurrently, direct flights are operated to Hyderabad, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam, Gulbarga, Bangalore, Kolhapur, Shirdi, Pune, Belgaum, Vijayawada and Delhi cities from Tirupati airport. "DGCA is the competent authority which allows the slots. Asked about the frequency of the flights to be launched during the winter schedule, Rajkishore said it is too early to comment on that without getting approvals from DGCA. The airport director told TNIE that besides connecting the two new cities more services would be operated on the Hyderabad route, which has a high demand. The two new services would be the ATR flights with 72-seater capacity. He said that Spicejet would be operating the Pondicherry service, while Indigo would operate the Cochin service. "The arrivals and departures will be increased to 44, Given that DGCA approves the proposed winter schedule programme," Rajkishore said. ![]() Speaking to TNIE, Tirupati airport director M Rajakishore said: "The winter schedule proposals have been forwarded to DGCA and a positive outcome is expected to come in the next few days from the concerned authorities over accommodating the new slots at Tirupati airport."
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