Trivandrum International Airport

Trivandrum International Airport (IATA: TRV, ICAO: VOTV) is located in Thiruvananthapuram and is the first airport in the state of Kerala, India. It is the first international airport in a non-metro city in India. TIA is considered as an “all weather” airport in the country and is ISO 9001-2000 certified.

Address:
Vallakkadavu,
Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala 695008.

Phone: 0471 270 2600

Code: TRV

Elevation: 4.00 m

Airlines – Destinations – Terminal

Air Arabia – Sharjah – International
Air India – Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kochi, Mumbai – Domestic
Air India – Kochi, Kozhikode, Malé, Malé, Sharjah – International
Air India – Express Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kochi, Mumbai, Muscat, Salalah, Sharjah – International
Emirates – Dubai – International
Etihad Airways – Abu Dhabi – International
IndiGo – Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai, Kolkata – Domestic
IndiGo – Dubai – International
Jet Airways – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Dehradun – Domestic
Jet Airways – Dammam, Muscat – International
JetLite – Bangalore, Delhi – Domestic
Kuwait Airways – Kuwait – International
Maldivian Malé, – Hanimaadhoo – International
Oman Air – Muscat – International
Qatar Airways – Doha – International
SilkAir – Singapore – International
Spicejet – Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai – Domestic
SriLankan – Airlines Colombo – International
Tigerair – Singapore – International

Facilities

The newly built Terminal 3 has three additional jetways and parking bays to accommodate 8 aircraft. The terminal is built opposite to the current terminal across the runway and is closer to the city side.The terminal, constructed by the AAI and designed by the UK firm, Pascall+Watson architects, is expected to provide impetus to the development of the IT sector and the tourism industry in the southern districts of Kerala.

The international terminal covers an area of 36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft), is able to handle the passengers of three Airbus A340s and one Boeing 747 aircraft simultaneously, or roughly 1500 passengers).[13] The annual handling capacity of the terminal will be 1.8 million.

The check-in area has a floor area of 960 m2 (10,300 sq ft) and the arrival area 600 m2 (6,500 sq ft). To enable the passengers to check in at any counter, a Common Users Terminal Equipment (CUTE) is installed. X-ray machines are attached to the side of the conveyor belts for faster clearance of baggage.

The entrance to the terminal is from the Chaka-Eenchakkal road. A bridge has been built across the Parvathy Puthanar canal to link the new terminal to the Kazhakuttam-Inchivila NH (National Highway) 47 bypass. The new terminal has a car park area that can accommodate about 600 cars.

There is a pre paid taxi service counter and foreign exchange(Thomas Cook India) counter on arrivals area.

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