New flights in Coimbatore to Delhi and Mumbai - SpiceJet

Low-cost airline SpiceJet Monday added Coimbatore to its route map, connecting the temple town with daily flights to Delhi and Mumbai via Chennai.

'Coimbatore is the gateway to south Tamil Nadu and is also known as the cultural capital of the state. We are happy to announce Coimbatore- home to famous Meenakshi temple- as our 20th destination,' the airline said.

The airline's Boeing 737-800, named Cardomum, landed in Coimbatore from Chennai around 9.45 a.m. with the traditional water salute accorded to it.

According to SpiceJet officials, Coimbatore is the first new destination added by the carrier to its route map after Sun TV Network promoter Kalanithi Maran bought into the airline through KAL Airways Pvt Ltd in June this year for around Rs.750 crore.

SpiceJet will go international next month, launching flights to Kathmandu Oct 7 and Colombo in Sri Lanka Oct 9.

The airline met the government's criteria for starting international operations in May as it completed five years of operations and augmented a fleet of more than 20 aircraft.

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A new outlook of Coimbatore International Airport's utility

After many news broadcasts and little delays, at last Coimbatore International Airport is inaugurated and opened recently.

Now, what?

How do we have the Airport functioning and useful!? Coimbatore Airport will function as international airport, only when international flights come in and go out of Coimbatore Airport. Why there is no news on that? Here is the reason -

Flight operators were complaining that Customs Checking Operation division has to be opened in Coimbatore Airport, then only International flights can operate. When asked with the Customs operations, they are telling International Flights has to operate then only Customs can be started.

Having this situation, there had been discussions between officers and now conclusions are made lately that in a month's time flights will operate. Basically, in 2 weeks Customs will start it seems (Government's message), and automatically international flights would start working in another 2 weeks (assumption).

In one month - Coimbatore to Colombo will be operated by Srilanka Airlines, Air India Express; Coimbatore To Dubai will be operated by Air Arabia; Coimbatore to Singapore will be operated by Air Asia. Air Lanka will operate from Colombo to Europe and America.
Air Lanka has decided to provide flights from Colombo to all across the world, which means flights are connected from Coimbatore to all around the world!!

There are numerous advantages of Coimbatore International Airport and flights -
Every time, people from Southern districts have to go to Chennai to fly out of the country. Now, it is a great step that people from Southern districts can fly from Coimbatore to anywhere in the world, directly from Coimbatore.

As on date - people travelling from Chennai to all south asian countries are most of them are from southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Almost 70% are from Coimbatore and southern districts. With the Coimbatore international airport, people can directly fly to and fro Coimbatore to anywhere in the world.

Also, all the tourists from Tamil Nadu can go from Coimbatore directly to anywhere in the world - which helps them with lesser travel and also lesser cost for the trip.

Also, the international tourists from Asian countries who visit Kanyakumari, Meenakshi Amman Temple, Coutrallam etc., can come to Coimbatore directly, instead of coming to Chennai and then coming to Coimbatore in different modes of transports!

Great job by the Government!!! We at Coimbatore247.com thank the government for Coimbatore's International Airport!!!! Great step and this is going to change Coimbatore for good! First step haan!

Coimbatore New International Airport Terminal Inaugurated - Ready 2010

On Sunday September 12th 2010, New International Status Airport in Coimbatore was ready and inaugurated.

Central Home Minister P.Chidambaram, Central Airways Minister Praful Patel and Central Fertilizers Minister M.K.Azhagiri were present in the Coimbatore Airport and opened the airport for further functioning.

Total expenses of the new terminal of Coimbatore Airport is Rs.128 Crores. Today, around 5 flights can be ported in the airport, but with the new terminal around 7 flights can be hosted and ported.

500 passengers can be engaged in the Airport with the new terminal. It is around 17,500 sq.ft area land. 6 escalators and 6 lifts are there in the new terminal. 3 Aerobridges are built, using which passengers can go directly into the flight from the terminal.

It will take couple of months for International flights to function in the new airport terminal in Coimbatore Airport.

It is a great plus for Coimbatore, its business, transportation, travel business. This is a great step from the Government for Coimbatore and its improvement...

It has been all the time news and atlast time has come for the Coimbatore International Airport. Similarly, we think gradually all other important news would also come out like Coimbatore IT park, AIIMS like hospital etc., and much more than that.

Coimbatore Airport - Did you know?

Because of heavy traffic at the Coimbatore Airport, the Airport Authority of India has decided to hand over sixty acres of land to modernize. The AAI has decided to increase the length of the runway to 7,500 ft and install an Instrument Landing system(ILS) and Simple Approach Lightning System.

Naming Coimbatore Airport Issue

There is a proverb in Tamil - "Innum kalyaaname aagaliyaam, athukkulla pillaikku peru anantha narayana krishna murthy raajaa raamaa". (English Translation - The guy is not married yet, but he has named his child as anantha narayana krishna murthy raajaa raamaa).

Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has threatened to launch an agitation if the Tamil Nadu Government further delayed its consent to name the city airport after freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar.

Swamy has written letter to the government, but he has not received any response yet.

My question is - the international Coimbatore Airport is not ready yet, but issues of NAMING has raised!

God Bless Coimbatore!

New Terminal in Coimbatore Airport: Coimbatore Airport Expansion

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The Hindu quotes - "Work on the new integrated terminal building for handling 500 passengers at Coimbatore airport is likely to be completed by October this year."

Read more in The Hindu.

These are some of the improvements and government initiatives to improve Coimbatore.

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Lands near Coimbatore Airport in high demand

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As you know already, lands near Coimbatore IT park were on high demand recently and still it is.

There is always some kind of improvement and advancement news in and around Coimbatore anytime. Previously it was around IT park, then the new medical center proposed in Austinpatti coimbatore and now the new airport terminal in Coimbatore Airport.

Even if anything is not going to be up in few days, all the news proposed are eventually going to happen in Coimbatore, pragmatically. Where would the developments go in Tamil Nadu - it has to come to cities like Coimbatore. What was the situation 10-15 years back for Bangalore and Hyderabad is the situation for Coimbatore today!

It would be a smart move to purchase lands even in small quantities in these areas around the Coimbatore Airport area. Why not give it a shot?

Sun City Real Estate Agency has come up with a land - perfectly arranged and split into plots. Here is the related post and the plot map available for you to view. Click here for the plot map and related post.

Coimbatore Airport gets 610 acres free from Tamil Nadu Government

The Tamil Nadu Government has passed an order for providing 610 acres of land free of cost to the Coimbatore Airport, according to airport sources.

The Airports Authority of India had earlier requested the State Government for the land to carry out expansion. In the Rs 500 crore expansion plan, fire station, runway expansion and quality improvement works have been completed at a cost of Rs 75 crore till now. The new terminal building was coming up at a cost of Rs 130 crore.

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International Terminal in Coimbatore Airport Function: A Recap

The Tamil Nadu government had given administrative sanction to acquire 614.33 acres of land to expand the Coimbatore airport, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said, laying the foundation stone for a terminal building here on Saturday.

By March 2009, we would have the first international flight from this new terminal, he added. - Bureau Report

Chief minister M Karunanidhi on Saturday April 26th 2008 laid the foundation stone for a new integrated terminal building at the Coimbatore airport, a facility that would handle 500 passengers at a time.

Airport officials said the integrated terminal building would be ready by March 2009. Constructed at a cost of Rs 130 crore, it would have state-of-the-art facilities and amenities, including aerobridges, flight information display system and centralised air-conditioning.

The present terminal has the capacity to handle only 200 passengers.

Karunanidhi said all airports in the state would be pieces of architectural excellence and match world class airports.

Karunanidhi also laid the foundation stones for IT parks developed by Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu at Ilandaikulam and Vadapalanji in Coimbatore.

Coimbatore Airport Design: Coimbatore Airport Expansion

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The New airport in Coimbatore is going to be a 17,536-square metre building, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 88 crore. It will have advanced features. The new facility has been designed to cater to 500 passengers. It has been proposed to have four aero-bridges, though initially only two will come up. Seven glass passenger lifts, five escalators and online baggage handling systems would make it a world class airport

This is designed by Mott Macdonald, the firm which also designed the New Delhi airport and they are experts in providing designs for private and public sector infrastructures worldwide.

Here are a few pictures, which I got by email.










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Chronicles of Coimbatore

Official and Latest News on Coimbatore IT Park: Coimbatore Tidel Park: Coimbatore Airport - Foundation Stone for New Terminal Building in Coimbatore Airport

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Official and Latest News on Coimbatore IT Park: Coimbatore Tidel Park: Coimbatore Airport - Foundation Stone for New Terminal Building in Coimbatore Airport

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On the evening of 26th of April, Chief Minister Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi is laying a foundation for three important things -

1) Airport Expansion to International Terms - New Terminal Foundation.
2) Coimbatore Tidel Park in Coimbatore North - near Mattuthavani
3) Coimbatore IT Park in Coimbatore South

This function is scheduled to happen this weekend on 26th of April in the Coimbatore Airport.

We are very glad about the whole news and it is going to change everything in Coimbatore to a very new positive level.

Tamil Nadu (CM) Chief Minister M Karunanidhi will lay the foundation stone for a new Integrated Terminal Building at Coimbatore Airport on April 26.

Official sources said as part of the modernization of the Coimbatore Airport, the Integrated Terminal Building which could handle 500 passengers at a time would come up.

Mr Karunanidhi will also lay the foundation stones for the much awaited Coimbatore North Ilandhaikulam Information Technology Park and Coimbatore South Vadapalanji Information Technology Park at a function to be held at the Coimbatore Airport on the same day.

Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel would also participate, the news sources added.