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Trivandrum International Airport is in Thiruvananthapuram and is the first airport in the state of Kerala, India. It was the fifth international airport of India declared by then Prime Minister Shri V.P. Singh in 1991.〔(Trivandrum International Airport )〕 TIA is considered an "all weather" airport and is ISO 9001-2000 certified. The Trivandrum International (TRV) airport terminal is approximately due west from the city centre,〔 from Kovalam beach, from Technopark Thiruvananthapuram and from the proposed Vizhinjam International Seaport spread over an area of . Trivandrum airport being strategically located at the southern tip of Indian subcontinent, it serves as shortest hopping point from India to Sri Lanka and Maldives and thus preferred airport for international tourists. There are flights to Middle eastern and South eastern countries from here. If flights are introduced to South Africa, Australia and others in Southern Hemisphere from Thiruvananthapuram, it would provide the shortest distance journey from India. Trivandrum International Airport operates two terminals. Terminal 1 handles all domestic flight operations and Terminal 2 handles international flight operations. In addition to civil operations, Trivandrum Airport caters to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Coast Guard for their strategic 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.〔(Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology )〕 Trivandrum International Airport is equipped with a Maintenance,repair & overhaul unit — MRO consisting of twin hangars for servicing B737 type aircraft and a focus city for Air India. ==History== The airport was established in 1932 as part of the Royal Flying Club under the initiative of Colonel Goda Varma Raja, husband of HRH Princess Karthika Thirunal of Travancore Kingdom. Col G.V Raja, a trained pilot, felt the need an airport to accommodate Travancore in the aviation map of India. In 1935, on royal patronage of H.H 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 carried Jamshed Navoroji, a Tata company official, and Kanchi Dwarakadas, commercial agent of Travancore to Bombay Presidency with a special mail from Viceroy of British India, Lord Willingdon wishing birthday greetings to the Maharaja. 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 state from aerial attacks. After Independence, the airstrip was used for domestic flights with construction of a domestic terminal: T1. International operations were initiated by the Air India to cities in the Middle East 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 joined the race. At some stage Indian Airlines started a service to Sharjah too. On 1 January 1991, TIA was upgraded to an international airport, making it the fifth international airport of India after Delhi,Mumbai,Chennai & Kolkata. On 1 March 2011, the first flight operated from the new international terminal. IX 536 (Air India Express) from Sharjah marked the first arrival. Air India Express operated the first departure to Dubai from this new terminal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trivandrum International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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