KANNUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Dec. 9, 2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Kannur international airport.

About:

  • Kannur International Airport is an international airport serving the district of Kannur, in Kerala.

  • It is owned and operated by Kannur International Airport Limited, a public–private consortium. The Government of Kerala, owns 32.86% of the company's shares, 22.54% by State and Central PSUs, 9.39% by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and 35.21% by others.

  • The airport opened for commercial operations on 9 December 2018.

  • With this, there are 4 international airports in Kerala, the other three being in Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram.

Source : The Hindu