Overseas air passengers movements at the fast growing Tiruchi international airport is set to increase further with the launch of a new service to Sharjah from September 15 onwards from here. The Air India Express will operate a daily service in the Tiruchi – Sharjah – Tiruchi sector in the early hours starting Thursday paving the way for a direct connectivity to another West Asian destination. Presently, the Air India Express operates daily flights from Tiruchi to Dubai – the lone West Asian destination to have a direct connectivity from here. Airport sources also strongly feel that export cargo movements from here would witness a further upswing with the launch of the Tiruchi - Sharjah non-stop service. A few months ago the Tiruchi airport authorities had written to the Air India requesting the airline to operate flight services to Sharjah and Kuwait from Tiruchi in view of the heavy demand from travellers.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2016 00:33 UTC