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, , , , 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 , 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, , Al Jazeera,

Salam Airways, , and 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 330/-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, , Hyderabad, Goa, Trivandrum, Kochi and Hubli. Please visit our website https://kannurairport.aero/flight-schedules for detailed schedule.