History
The airport had its commencement in the 1940s in the form of a civil aerodrome with just the Indian operating Fokker F27, Douglas DC-3 and Hawker Siddeley's Avro 748. For a considerable phase, the air services were restricted to the cities of Chennai and Bangalore. However, in the later years services to Cochin and Mumbai were also added. The airport in the 80s had a thorough transformation when it was closed down for runway expansion so as to enable modern days jets like Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 to operate. The year 1987 is a landmark in the history of this airport since on that year the project of runway expansion was completed and a new terminal started operation.
Nowadays, the airport is served by 10 airlines and 5 more are likely to initiate their operations in the coming years. In the meanwhile, two airlines, Silkair and Air Arabia, started operations to Coimbatore, linking Coimbatore with Singapore and Sharjah.
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