KANNUR AIRPORT’S ROLE IN BRINGING BACK PRAVASIS
Kannur International Airport resumed its operations after Government introduced relaxation in lockdown.
• As part of the “Vande Bharat” Mission, Kannur Airport received its first flight on 12 May 2020.
• Since then Kannur Airport has received 169 flights (till 12 midnight on 6 July 2020) including non-scheduled/chartered flights, thereby bringing back 31106 pravasis to their motherland.
• Passengers from almost all Gulf countries have landed directly in Kannur. These destinations are Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Muscat, Doha, Kuwait, Riyadh, Ras Al Khaima and Salalah,
• Under this mission, Kannur Airport welcomed its first flights from four new destinations, Moscow, Dushanbe (Tajikistan), Salalah and Ras Al Khaima.
• All major Indian carriers like Air India, Air India Express, Indigo, Go Air and Spicejet operated from Kannur Airport.
• We are proud to announce that for the first time in the history of Kannur Airport, foreign airlines started arriving at Kannur Airport. Till date, Kuwait Airways, Fly Dubai, Air Arabia, Al Jazeera,
Salam Airways, Saudia, Etihad Airways and Gulf Air have operated to Kannur Airport.
• Also, for the first time in the history of Kannur Airport, wide body aircrafts have started landing at Kannur with full capacity. These are of Airbus 330/Boeing 777-300/Boeing 777-300ER flights from Kuwait Airways, Saudia and Air India. Till date, 8 wide body aircrafts have operated to and from Kannur Airport.
• 2 repatriation flights landed at Kannur on 6 July 2020, bringing 314 homebound pravasis.
• On 7 July 2020, there are 2 flights scheduled to arrive at Kannur Airport from various stations viz. Sharjah and Riyadh. Please find today’s schedule below:
Type of S.No Date Flight No Origin ETD Destination ETA aircraft 1 07-Jul-20 AI 1934 RUH 15:00 CNN 22:30 B777-300 2 07-Jul-20 G9 659 SHJ CNN 22:50 A320 PS: To know the actual time of arrival, please check the flight status in our website/app.
It is pertinent to mention that Kannur Airport resumed its domestic operations on 25 May 2020. As on date, we are operating flights to and from Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Goa, Trivandrum, Kochi and Hubli. Please visit our website https://kannurairport.aero/flight-schedules for detailed schedule.