Aranmula aviation Ltd. is a company promoted by consortium of NRI malayalees. They are planning to a build a state of the art airport at Aranmula. Work has already begun and the airport is supposed to be operational in next 3 years.
The runway length proposed is 12,000 feet and will be the longest runway in India once the airport is operational. There are also plans to start an aviation school at the airport.
Aranmula which is located in Pattanamthitta district is close to sabarimala and hence a lot of pilgrims may use the airport in future. Aranmula is also surrounded by major tourist attractions - Thekkady, Kumarakom etc.
More details on the project is available at Aranmula Aviation Site.
Editor’s Comment: It would be a good idea to start a lot airports across kerala, especially looking at the state of our roads. At least the rich will find it easier to travel since there are not potholes in the sky!
March 16th, 2008 |
Pathanamthitta,
Travel
Employees in Trivandrum airport continued their strike till yesterday even after the nationwide strike was called off two days back. The reason? - they want action against airport security personnel (CISF) for "disturbing" their illegal strike.
During the strike, the airport employees harassed air passengers and also distributed rubbish throughout the airport. Anywhere else in India, these goondas would have been arrested. They also collected rubbish and put it front of CISF employees.
In Kerala, unions are normally is not interested in stopping a strike unless it causes a lot of misery to general public. For example, when bank employees strike, they do it for 2 or 3 days combining it with weekend holidays. This way they can put maximum suffering on people who use public sector bank services.
Editor’s Comment: The majority of Trivandrum airport staff (except private airline staff such that of King Fisher Airlines) are arrogant and unhelpful. They behave as if they are doing a big favour to air passengers. So it is surprising that they didn’t beat up air passengers during the strike!
March 16th, 2008 |
Travel,
Trivandrum