Tiruchi airport has a new terminal but no announcement on additional flights

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the newly-developed terminal building of Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tiruchirapalli in central Tamil Nadu. Also, It is the second-busiest airport in the state and was long awaiting a new, larger, and modern terminal building.

The other airport in the vicinity Madurai and Coimbatore are still run with 18^th century airport infrastructure and not many international flights. Both are yet to be declared as full fledged international airports

The new terminal building at Tiruchirapalli airport has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 1100 crore. The two-level new international terminal has the capacity to serve more than 44 lakh passengers annually and about 3,500 during peak hours.

"The new terminal hosts state-of-the-art amenities and features for passenger convenience. But there was no mention during the course of the inauguration of the terminal as to the additional flights proposed to be operated from the terminal. Most of the international flights from Trichirapalli airport, mostly budget airliners are bound either for Gulf countries or Singapore. The 100 year airport is yet to graduate to operate flights to either Europe or United States or even Australia

Tiruchirappalli International Airport is the second-largest airport in terms of international passenger traffic after Chennai in Tamil Nadu. The new terminal building contains 60 check-in counters, 5 baggage carousels, 60 arrival immigration counters, and 44 departure emigration counters.