History
Madurai airfield was first used by the Royal Air Force in World war II in 1942. First passenger flight was a Fokker Friendship aircraft on the Madras – Madurai – Trivandrum – Madurai – Madras route in 1956. During mid-1970s, the Boeing 737 was the first jet to be operated from Madurai, by Indian Airlines.
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