SriLankan Airlines to introduce direct flights to Madurai from January 15 2012

The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry has secured an assurance from SriLankan Airlines that it would introduce direct flight from Sri Lanka to Madurai, most probably from January 15, 2012. The assurance was given by Nishantha Wickramasinghe, Chairman, SriLankan Airlines.

According to a report in The Hindu Business Line, recounting the efforts taken persistently through the past year to make Madurai an international airport since the inauguration of world-class new terminal building at the airport, the Chamber in a statement said that on hearing about the presence of the Chairman of SriLankan Airlines at Tiruchi, a delegation from the Chamber met the Chairman and through a power-point presentation elaborated on the potential of passengers and cargo traffic from the southern districts of Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka and transfers thereon to all parts of the world, since Sri Lanka had good connectivity internationally.

The statement also mentioned that Wickramasinghe had agreed to introduce a direct flight from Sri Lanka to Madurai since the airport bilaterial agreement between India and Sri Lanka has included Madurai Airport and Srilankan Airlines have sufficient rights to introduce more flights to Indian destinations.

A request was made to him to introduce the direct flight from January 15, as Pongal gift to the people of Tamil Nadu, particularly southern Tamil Nadu and he assured that he would confirm the inaugural date within two days, the statement added.

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Jet Airways begins additional Madurai to Bangalore, Chennai flights

Jet Airways has introduced additional flights between Madurai to Bangalore and Chennai, effective from October 30.

Except for Tuesdays and Saturdays, flight 9W 2769 will leave Madurai at 12.25 pm and arrive Bangalore at 1.40 pm. On the return leg, flight 9W 2770 will depart Bangalore at 2.10 pm and reach Madurai at 3.25 pm. On the Chennai-Madurai route, the daily flight 9W 2725 will leave for Madurai at 10.35 am and arrive at 11.55 pm. On the return leg, except for Tuesdays and Saturdays, flight 9W 2726 will depart Madurai at 4.10 pm and arrive in Chennai at 5.30 pm, a company release said. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, flight 9W 2726 will depart for Madurai at 12.25 pm and arrive at 1.45 pm.

PTI

Flights from Madurai to Chennai

Flights from Madurai (IXM) to Chennai (MAA)

Non-stop flights: 7 per day, 1h 8m duration Airlines: Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air India, Kingfisher Schedule of non-stop flights Valid through Sep 8 8:40 am → 10:05 am IXM-MAA S M T W T F S Jet Airways 2722 10:15 am → 11:15 am IXM-MAA S M T W T F S SpiceJet 304 1:45 pm → 2:40 pm IXM-MAA S M - W T F - Air India 672 3:30 pm → 4:30 pm IXM-MAA - - T - - - S Air India 672 4:50 pm → 6:00 pm IXM-MAA S M - W T F - Kingfisher 2416 5:30 pm → 6:55 pm IXM-MAA S M T W T F S Jet Airways 2768 6:15 pm → 7:30 pm IXM-MAA - - T - - - S Kingfisher 2416 6:40 pm → 7:40 pm IXM-MAA S M T W T F S SpiceJet 296 8:55 pm → 10:15 pm IXM-MAA S M T W T F S Jet Airways 2752

Flights from Chennai to Madurai

Flights from Chennai (MAA) to Madurai (IXM)

Non-stop flights: 7 per day, 1h 6m duration Airlines: Jet Airways, SpiceJet, Air India, Kingfisher Schedule of non-stop flights Valid through Aug 1 6:50 am → 8:10 am MAA-IXM S M T W T F S Jet Airways 2721 8:40 am → 9:40 am MAA-IXM S M T W T F S SpiceJet 291 12:15 pm → 1:05 pm MAA-IXM S M T W T F S Air India 671 2:10 pm → 3:30 pm MAA-IXM - - T - - - S Jet Airways 2767 3:05 pm → 4:20 pm MAA-IXM S M - W T F - Kingfisher 2415 3:40 pm → 5:00 pm MAA-IXM S M - W T F - Jet Airways 2767 4:40 pm → 5:50 pm MAA-IXM - - T - - - S Kingfisher 2415 5:15 pm → 6:15 pm MAA-IXM S M T W T F S SpiceJet 303 7:05 pm → 8:25 pm MAA-IXM S M T W T F S Jet Airways 2723

SpiceJet Airways in Madurai and other Tier-2 and Tier-3

Private air-carrier SpiceJet will begin regional operations from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities like Vijayawada, Tirupati, Mysore, Mangalore, Madurai, Nagpur and Indore from mid-July using the Bombardier Q400 Next Gen turboprop aircraft.

These cities has high potential right from today and this is a good time to start your investments or business including the cities like Madurai, Trichy, Mysore, Vijayawada etc.,

New Airlines in Madurai - Air Dravida - New Airlines/Flight Investment in Madurai

New Airlines in Madurai - Air Dravida - New Airlines/Flight Investment in Madurai

Air Dravida to be set up with an initial investment of Rs 110 crore would start three flights in Chennai-Madurai sector from July end, its Executive Director Ramachandran Iyer told newspersons here last night.

He said while Rs 40 crore of the initial investment would be infused by the company promoters, the remaining Rs 70 crore would be raised through debts and private equity routes.

The airliner, a division of Premier Tours and Travels (Chennai) Pvt Ltd, within two months of its operations would add two more flights to expand its service in South India.

It is going to be 50 seater Bombardier aircraft from Chennai to Madurai.

Sourcing from Economic Times

Nearest international airport to Madurai currently: Situation would change with Madurai International Airport

Madras International Airport (Airport Code: MAA) is situated at Tirisulam, 7 Km south of Chennai. It has two terminals, Kamaraj Terminal, handles domestic flights connecting 20 destinations across the country with Chennai.

The International Terminal, named Anna Terminal, connects major destinations like London, Frankfurt, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain, Dhahran, Jeddah, Singapore, Kuala Lampur and Sri Lanka.

Besides AIR INDIA and INDIAN AIRLINES several International carriers viz. BRITISH AIRWAYS, LUFTHANSA, SINGAPORE AIRLINES, MALAYSIAN AIRLINES, AIR LANKA, OMAN AIR, GULF AIR and SAUDIA AIRLINES are operating flights to and from Chennai.

This is the existing situation, but situation would change with an international airport in Madurai itself. Waiting for that day to come...- Madurai Machan!