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| {{short description|International Airport serving the city of Trivandrum, India}}
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| {{Infobox airport
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| | name = Trivandrum International Airport
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| | type = [[Public–private partnership|Public Private Partnership]]
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| | operator = [[Airports Authority of India|AAI/Adani Trivandrum International Airport Limited (ATIAL)]]
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| | opened = <div>
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| * {{start date|df=y|1932|p=y}}
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| * {{start date|df=y|1991|1|1|p=y}} (upgraded to international)
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| </div>
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| | image = Trivandrum_International_airport.jpg
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| | IATA = '''TRV'''
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| | ICAO = VOTV
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| | pushpin_map = India Kerala#India
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| | pushpin_label = '''TRV'''
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| | website = {{URL|https://stagetrivandrum.adaniairports.com/}}
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| | city-served = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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| | location = Chacka, [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]] {{flagicon|India}}
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| | hub = *[[Air India Express]]
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| | focus_city = *[[Air India]]
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| *[[IndiGo]]
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| *[[SpiceJet]]
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| | metric-elev = yes
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| | elevation-f = 13
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| | elevation-m = 4
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| | coordinates = {{Coord|8.48|N|76.92|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
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| | metric-rwy = y
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| | r1-number = 14/32
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| | r1-length-m = 3,400
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| | r1-length-f = 11,154
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| | r1-surface = [[Asphalt]]
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| | stat-year = April 2020 - March 2021
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| | stat1-header = Passengers
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| | stat1-data = 935,435 ({{decrease}}76.1%)
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| | stat2-header = Aircraft movements
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| | stat2-data = 9,313 ({{decrease}}67.7%)
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| | stat3-header = Cargo tonnage
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| | stat3-data = 14,799 ({{decrease}}42%)
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| | footnotes = Source: [[Airport Authority of India|AAI]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure III - Passenger Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex3.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex2.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar202kAnnex4.pdf|website=www.aai.aero|access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>
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| '''Trivandrum International Airport''' {{airport codes|TRV|VOTV}} is an international airport which serves the city of [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Established in 1932, it is the first [[airport]] in the state of [[Kerala]]. It is the fifth international airport of India officially declared by then [[Prime Minister of India]], [[V. P. Singh]] in 1991.<ref name="aai">{{Cite web|url=http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/thiru_general.jsp|title=Thiruvananathapuram|website=Airports Authority of India|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125002751/http://airportsindia.org.in/allAirports/thiru_general.jsp|archive-date=25 November 2010}}</ref> It is [[Airline hub|Secondary Hub]] of [[Air India Express]] and [[Airline hub|focus city]] for [[Air India]], [[IndiGo]] and [[SpiceJet]]. It is one of the four international [[List of airports in Kerala|airports in Kerala]].
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| It is the second busiest airport in Kerala and the [[List of busiest airports in India|fourteenth busiest]] in India. In fiscal year 2018-19, the airport handled more than 4.4 million passengers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-III|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|pages=4–5|language=en,hi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163239/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex3.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> with a total of 33,093 aircraft movements.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf|title=Traffic News for the month of March 2019: Annexure-II|work=[[Airports Authority of India]]|pages=4–5|language=en,hi|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426163237/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/traffic-news/Mar2K19Annex2.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2019|access-date=1 May 2019}}</ref> Spread over an area of {{convert|700|acre}}, the airport is approximately {{convert|3.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} due west from the [[central business district|city centre]],<ref name="aai" />{{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Kovalam]] beach, {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Technopark Trivandrum|Technopark]] and {{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the under construction [[Vizhinjam International Seaport]].
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| Trivandrum International Airport operates two terminals. Terminal 1 handles domestic flight operations (except [[Air India]]) and Terminal 2 handles all international flight operations as well as all domestic flights by [[Air India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/trivandrum-int/trivandrum-int3.html|title=Trivandrum International Airport|date=15 June 2011|website=Airport Technology|publisher=Verdict Media Ltd.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020184126/http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/trivandrum-int/trivandrum-int3.html|archive-date=20 October 2017|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref>
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| In addition to civil operations, Trivandrum Airport caters to the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) and the [[Indian Coast Guard|Coast Guard]] for their operations. IAF have an exclusive apron to handle all their operations. Trivandrum airport also caters to the Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology which carries out pilot training activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajivgandhiacademyforaviationtechnology.org/|title=Rajiv Gandhi Academy For Aviation Technology - Thiruvananthapuram|date=13 July 2018|website=Rajiv Gandhi Academy For Aviation Technology|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717062920/http://www.rajivgandhiacademyforaviationtechnology.org/|archive-date=17 July 2017|access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
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| Trivandrum International Airport hosts [[Air India]]'s Narrow body Maintenance, repair and overhaul unit – MRO consisting of twin hangars for servicing [[Boeing 737]] type aircraft, servicing mostly [[Air India Express]] aircraft.
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| ==History==
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| The airport was established in 1932 as part of the Royal Flying Club under the initiative of [[G.V. Raja|Lt. Col. Raja Goda Varman]], Consort of Rani [[Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi]], Rani of [[Attingal]] and of [[Travancore Kingdom]].<ref name="airport-technology.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/trivandrum-int/|title=Trivandrum International Airport|website=Airport Technology|publisher=Verdict Media Ltd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112022130/http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/trivandrum-int/|archive-date=12 November 2010|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> Raja Goda Varman, a trained pilot, felt the need of an airport to accommodate Travancore in the aviation map of India and requested the Travancore Durbar to initiate the process for establishing an aerodrome. A detailed report was made and presented to the King by Consort Prince in this regard. It may be mentioned that the King was the brother of Lt. Col. Raja's wife, and the colonel's own children were the heirs to the throne.
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| In 1935, on royal patronage of H.H [[Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma|Maharaja Chithira Thirunal]], [[Tata Airlines]] made its maiden flight to the airport using DH.83 Fox Moth aircraft under command of India's first pilot [[Nevill Vintcent]] carrying Jamshed Navoroji, a Tata company official, and Kanchi Dwarakadas, commercial agent of Travancore in Karachi, with a special mail from the Viceroy of British India, Lord Willingdon, wishing birthday greetings to the Maharaja.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article856960.ece|title=Kerala celebrates 75th anniversary of civil aviation|date=29 October 2010|work=The Hindu|access-date=1 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130065952/https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article856960.ece|archive-date=30 November 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
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| The first flight took off on 1 November 1935, carrying mails of Royal Anchal (Travancore Post) to Bombay. In 1938, the Royal Government of Travancore acquired a Dakota as Maharaja's private aircraft and placed the first squadron of Royal Indian Air Force (Travancore) for protection of the state from aerial attacks. After Independence, the airstrip was used for domestic flights with the construction of a new domestic terminal, Terminal 1.
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| International operations were initiated by [[Air India]] to cities in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] in the late 1970s using Boeing 707. By early 80s, the then Indian Airlines started service to Colombo, followed by service to Male. Later, [[SriLankan Airlines]] (then Air Lanka) and Air Maldives (now [[Maldivian (airline)|Maldivian]] started operations. Followed by Indian Airlines, that started a service to Sharjah. On 1 January 1991, TIA was upgraded to an international airport, making it the fifth international airport of India after Delhi, Bombay, Madras & Calcutta.
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| On 1 March 2011, the first flight operated from the new international terminal, Terminal 2. IX 536 (Air India Express) from Sharjah marked the first arrival. Air India Express operated the first departure to Dubai from this new terminal. [[Skytanking|IndianOil Skytanking]] is the company which introduced single man refuelling in India and started refuelling operations at Trivandrum in March 2016.
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| This was the main hub for the defunct [[Kairali Airlines]] from January 9, 2013 to 2017.
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| In November 2018, the Central government cleared a proposal by the [[Airports Authority of India]] (AAI) for leasing out six of its airports, including Trivandrum. The following month, AAI commenced an international competitive bidding process to award Operations, Management and Development (OMD) contracts for the six airports.<ref>{{cite news |title=AAI seeks bids for six airports, to finalise bidders on February 28 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/aai-seeks-bids-for-six-airports-to-finalise-bidders-on-february-28/articleshow/67131473.cms |access-date= 18 September 2020 |work= [[The Economic Times]] |date=17 December 2018 }}</ref>
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| The [[Adani Group]], [[GMR Group]] and [[Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation]] (KSIDC) participated in the bidding process which was won by the Adani Group.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adani Group bids highest to operate Trivandrum International Airport |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/adani-group-bids-highest-to-operate-trivandrum-international-airport/articleshow/68150710.cms |access-date= 18 September 2020 |work= [[The Times of India]] |date=25 February 2019 }}</ref>
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| Since some public interest litigations were filed with respect to the bidding process for the airport, the Union Cabinet give its approval for awarding the airport to Adani subject to the outcome of Writ Petition. Accordingly, AAI signed a letter of agreement with Adani in September 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=AAI, Adani Group sign letter of agreement for Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati, Jaipur airports |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/aviation/aai-adani-group-sign-letter-of-agreement-for-thiruvananthapuram-guwahati-jaipur-airports-6883231.htm |access-date= 18 September 2020 |work= [[CNBC-TV18]] |date=11 September 2020 }}</ref>
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| Adani Trivandrum International Airport Limited (ATIAL), floated by the Adani Group to run the airport, would operate, manage and develop the airport for a period of fifty years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardeep Puri lays down 'facts' after Kerala urges Centre to reconsider Trivandrum airport privatisation - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/hardeep-puri-lays-down-facts-after-kerala-urges-centre-to-reconsider-trivandrum-airport-privatisation/articleshow/77659975.cms |access-date=20 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=20 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| As per the agreement, ATIAL would get control of the airport only after a concession agreement was executed and the performance bank guarantee was paid and subject to clearance of legal hurdles.<ref>{{cite news |title=LOA for Thiruvananthapuram airport issued to Adani Group |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/loa-of-thiruvananthapuram-airport-issued-to-adani-group/article32584869.ece |access-date= 18 September 2020 |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=11 September 2020 }}</ref>
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| ==Facilities==
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| ===Runway===
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| [[File:Trivandrum International Airport Aircrafts in Runway.jpg|thumb|(From Left) Aircraft from Jet Airways, Vistara and Air India Express on the runway]]
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| Trivandrum International Airport has one [[runway]], 32/14, {{Convert|3400|x|45|m|abbr=on}}, equipped to operate any type of aircraft. It has a {{convert|1880|m|ft|abbr=on}} long parallel taxiway.<ref name=":0" />
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| ===Terminal===
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| [[File:Tia-dom-2.JPG|thumb|right|The domestic terminal (Terminal 1)]]
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| There are two terminals. Terminal 1 is for domestic flights (except Air India), and Terminal 2 is for all international flights as well as all domestic flights of Air India.
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| The international terminal ground operations are handled by Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt. Ltd. and Bhadra International India Pvt. Ltd. It is fully air-conditioned with wi-fi facility. The terminal features spacious lounges, natural lighting with extensive use of glass roofing and better conveyance facilities for passengers. It has three baggage carousels and elaborate immigration/customs facilities. [[Flemingo]], India's first privately owned duty-free operator is managing the [[duty-free shop]] at the international terminal.
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| The domestic terminal has basic amenities including cafés, a beer and wine bar, a book-seller, free local calls, phone-recharging points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silkair.com/mbe/en_UK/content/experience/ontheground_airportlounge.jsp|title=Airport Lounge|publisher=SilkAir|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224063843/http://www.silkair.com/mbe/en_UK/content/experience/ontheground_airportlounge.jsp|archive-date=24 February 2011|access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> Into Plane Services fuelling operations handled by IndianOil Skytanking.
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| [[File:New intl terminal trivandrum.jpg|thumb|right|Inside Terminal 2]]
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| [[File:IATA Code at TRV.jpg|thumb|New [[IATA]] 3 Letter code Placed at Trivandrum International Airport Terminal 2]]
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| [[File:TVM Terminal 3 Airside.jpg|thumb|Terminal 2 Operational Area]]
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| ===Terminal 1 (Domestic)===
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| The domestic terminal was the first terminal of the airport inaugurated by Chief minister of [[Kerala]] [[EK Nayanar]] in 1992. It has an area of {{convert|9200|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and can handle 400 passengers at a time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/thiru_pass.jsp|title=THIRUVANANATHAPURAM|date=26 August 2014|website=Airports Authority of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902041004/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/thiru_pass.jsp|archive-date=2 September 2017|access-date=5 May 2014}}</ref> The terminal has two [[Aerobridges]] and two remote gates. All airlines except [[Air India]] serve the domestic Terminal
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| ===Terminal 2===
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| The newly built Terminal 2 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 [[Airports Authority of India|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]].
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| The international terminal covers an area of {{convert|35000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. It is able to handle the passengers of three [[Airbus A340]]s and one [[Boeing 747]] aircraft simultaneously (roughly 1500 passengers).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article35081.ece|title=World class terminal for Thiruvananthapuram International Airport|date=16 October 2009|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=27 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903025358/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article35081.ece|archive-date=3 September 2011|publisher=Thehindu.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The annual handling capacity of the terminal will be 1.8 million.
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| The check-in area has a floor area of {{convert|950|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and the arrival area {{convert|600|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. 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.
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| The entrance to the terminal is from the Chacka-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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Radhakrishnan|first=S. Anil|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/12/stories/2011021262860300.htm|title=Terminal may put development on fast track|date=12 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301084310/http://www.hindu.com/2011/02/12/stories/2011021262860300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=1 March 2011}}</ref> The new terminal has a car park area that can accommodate about 600 cars.
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| There is a pre paid taxi service counter and foreign exchange (Thomas Cook India) counter on arrivals area.<ref name=":0" />
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| Trivandrum Airport was included in Ministry of civil aviation strategic plan for 2010-2015 to upgrade as Category-A airport by developing to aerodrome CODE 4E/4F, construct parallel runway with taxiways alongside both runways and so forth.
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| [[File:P 20160211 085640.jpg|thumb|(From Right) Aircraft from SriLankan Airlines, Emirates, Gulf Air and Air India parked at the Terminal]]
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| ===Air traffic control===
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| The [[air traffic control]] (ATC) tower is {{convert|18|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. There are plans{{When?|date=February 2020}} to build a new {{Convert|50|m||abbr=on|adj=on}} tall ATC tower for Trivandrum airport near the new international terminal. The airport has an CAT-1 [[instrument landing system]] (ILS), D[[VHF omnidirectional range|VOR]] and [[distance measuring equipment]] (DME). The airport is also equipped with a [[Secondary surveillance radar|Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance Radar]], [[Air Route Surveillance Radar]] and an [[Airport Surveillance Radar]] which allows approach and area control of the airspace around the airport and nearby air routes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trivandrum International Airport|url=https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/airport_brochures/TRIVANDRUM-Broucher.pdf|website=Airports Authority of India|access-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206062301/https://www.aai.aero/sites/default/files/airport_brochures/TRIVANDRUM-Broucher.pdf|archive-date=6 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/new-upgraded-radar-at-thiruvananthapuram-airport/article5138854.ece|title=New upgraded radar at Thiruvananthapuram airport|date=18 September 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=6 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206063349/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/new-upgraded-radar-at-thiruvananthapuram-airport/article5138854.ece|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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| ===MRO facility===
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| Trivandrum International Airport hosts Air India's Narrow body Maintenance, repair and overhaul unit—MRO consisting of twin hangars for servicing Boeing 737 type aircraft, servicing mostly Air India Express aircraft. The Maintenance Repair Overhaul is set up on {{Convert|6.07|ha||abbr=}} of land at a cost of Rs. 110 crores it was commissioned on 16 December 2011. The maintenance of two aircraft can be simultaneously done at the two hangars present at the MRO. The facility is state-of-the-art with {{Convert|5,000|ft2||abbr=on}} of workshop, {{Convert|10,000|ft2||abbr=on}} apron, electrically operated and vertically moving hangar door system, warehouse and office space. The Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility of Air India Charters Limited (AICL) at Trivandrum International Airport was given permission to carry out the crucial ‘C’ checks of their Boeing 737-800 fleet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thiruvananthapuramupdates.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/air-indias-mro-facility-at-thiruvananthapuram-commissioning-today/|title=Air India's MRO Facility at Thiruvananthapuram Commissioning Today|date=16 December 2011|website=Some Updates from Thiruvananthapuram|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709011758/https://thiruvananthapuramupdates.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/air-indias-mro-facility-at-thiruvananthapuram-commissioning-today/|archive-date=9 July 2018|access-date=27 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Radhakrishnan|first=S. Anil|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/air-indias-mro-unit-to-be-opened-today/article2720188.ece|title=Air India's MRO unit to be opened today|date=16 December 2011|work=The Hindu|access-date=15 February 2020|url-status=live|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215230408/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/air-indias-mro-unit-to-be-opened-today/article2720188.ece|archive-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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| ===Other operations===
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| In addition to Civil operations, Trivandrum airport also caters to IAF and Coast Guard for their strategical operations. IAF have an exclusive apron to handle all their operations. Trivandrum Airport also caters for Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology. The academy has it own hangar facility at the airport. The hangar facility can accommodate 10 trainer aircraft.<ref name="aai.aero">{{Cite journal|last=Mehta|first=Devinder C.|date=March 2011|title=Trivandrum Airport Gets an Impressive International Terminal|url=http://www.aai.aero/misc/trivandrum_airport.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Airports International Indian Edition|volume=3|issue=5|pages=8–11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329043240/http://www.aai.aero/misc/trivandrum_airport.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2017}}</ref>
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| ==Expansion==
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| Further expansion of the airport has been planned with the AAI demanding 82 acres for the demolition of the existing domestic terminal and the construction of a newer one and other related facilities for Trivandrum airport. The state government has agreed to acquire 18 acres for the construction of the domestic terminal. The AAI is planning to construct a new terminal of around 40,000 square metres, which would spruce up the city airport's total terminal area to 75,000-square-metres. Paper works, including drawing of plans, for the new terminal building have already begun at the AAI headquarters. The plan is to complete the construction of the new terminal within 18 to 24 months after the state government hands over the land to the [[Airport Authority of India]]. The elevation of new terminal would be identical to the existing Terminal 2.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raghunath|first=Arjun|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/230716/new-terminal-for-thiruvananthapuram-airport.html|title=New terminal for Thiruvananthapuram airport|date=23 July 2016|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=27 December 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175630/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/230716/new-terminal-for-thiruvananthapuram-airport.html|archive-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>{{additional citation needed|date=November 2019}}
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| |[[IndiGo]]|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chennai International Airport|Chennai]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/indigo-to-start-flights-to-dammam-from-three-indian-cities-11579180560799.html|title=IndiGo to start flights to Dammam from three Indian cities|work=Livemint|access-date=16 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117155603/https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/indigo-to-start-flights-to-dammam-from-three-indian-cities-11579180560799.html|archive-date=17 January 2020|url-status=live|date=16 January 2020}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Hyderabad]], [[Kannur International Airport|Kannur]], [[Cochin International Airport|Kochi]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]], [[Pune Airport|Pune]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/city-to-get-5-direct-flights-to-smaller-cities-later-this-month/articleshow/85336669.cms?from=mdr |title=21 Trivandrum gets direct flight to Pune }}</ref>
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| |[[SpiceJet]]|[[Kempegowda International Airport|Bangalore]], [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Mumbai]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/spicejet-to-start-12-new-flights-from-october-119081602041_1.html|title=SpiceJet to start 12 new flights, Aurangabad becomes 53rd destination|last=Press Trust of India|date=16 August 2019|access-date=10 December 2019|via=Business Standard|newspaper=Business Standard India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212075654/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/spicejet-to-start-12-new-flights-from-october-119081602041_1.html|archive-date=12 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/aviation/spicejet-announces-new-flights-to-thiruvananthapuram-male-and-chennai-check-out-fares-timings/story/385270.html|title=SpiceJet announces new flights to Thiruvananthapuram, Male and Chennai; check out fares, timings|website=businesstoday.in|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173631/https://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/aviation/spicejet-announces-new-flights-to-thiruvananthapuram-male-and-chennai-check-out-fares-timings/story/385270.html|archive-date=18 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| |[[Vistara]]| [[Indira Gandhi International Airport|Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/vistara-announces-daily-direct-flights-between-delhi-thiruvananthapuram-check-fares-schedule/1737322/|title=Vistara announces daily direct flights between Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram; check fares, schedule|date=16 October 2019|access-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125063830/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/vistara-announces-daily-direct-flights-between-delhi-thiruvananthapuram-check-fares-schedule/1737322/|archive-date=25 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| ===Cargo===
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| The following cargo airlines fly to the airport:
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| * [[Blue Dart Aviation]]
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| * [[Emirates SkyCargo]]
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| * [[Etihad Airways#Cargo|Etihad Cargo]]
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| * [[FitsAir]]
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| * [[Gulf Air|Gulf Air Falcon Cargo]]
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| * [[Qatar Airways Cargo]]
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| * [[Saudia Cargo]]
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| * [[SpiceJet|SpiceXpress]]
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| ==Security==
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| Trivandrum International Airport is listed among the major airports of India. Its safety and security is handled by the [[Airport security#India|Bureau of Civil Aviation Security]] through the [[Central Industrial Security Force#Airport security]] (CISF). In the past, the airport security was under the control of [[airport police]] (under the state government). However, following the hijacking of [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] in 1999, the airport security was handed over to CISF. Trivandrum airport also has advanced security equipment including X-RAY Baggage inspection (X-BIS), Explosive Trace Detection System (ETDS) and provision of an In-Line Baggage Screening system; at the NITB, state-of-the-art Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Flight information Display System (fids) and Public Address (PA) systems, as well as an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) for flight information, are there for passengers' convenience.<ref name="aai.aero"/>
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| In-Line Baggage Screening system (ILBS) was installed at Terminal 2 on 21 July 2020.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Airports in India]]
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| * [[List of busiest airports in India by passenger traffic]]
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| {{commons category-inline|Trivandrum International Airport}}
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160902180351/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/thiru_general.jsp Trivandrum International Airport] at the [[Airports Authority of India]]
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