Hopes rise on Trichy making it to BASA deal with UAE

To pursue this plan, both India and the UAE have agreed to hold a meeting between the General Civil Aviation Authority of UAE and the Civil Aviation Authority of India on October 3 and 4. The deciding factor will be the civil aviation ministry's keenness to concentrate on regional airports like Trichy. We have already made many representations to civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju in this regard. Once flights to Trichy commenced from UAE, the patronage would only go up, he said. Inclusion of Trichy airport as a point of call in BASA between India and Gulf countries has been a long-pending demand from the travel industry in Trichy, he opined.


With the United Arab Emirates (UAE) willing to add more flights and routes to connect regional airports in India, expectations are high among travel agents' associations, exporters, trade association and travel federations here that Trichy will be included among the probable destinations.According to reports, UAE Ambassador Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al Banna has expressed his willingness to add a few more flights and routes to connect regional airports in India with affordable pricing.