Kerala is the only state in India which has four international airports. Because of this specialty, Kerala is in high demand among travelers coming from international states. The important reason for this is the tourism of this state and also the increase in the population of people of Kerala in Gulf countries. But now after the inauguration of Jewar Airport, Uttar Pradesh has left Kerala behind in this race. Now Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of international airports in the country.
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport is in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. There is Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi. There is Kushinagar International Airport in Kushinagar. There is Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya. After this, after the inauguration of the first phase of Jewar International Airport today, there have been 5 international airports here.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said that the Noida International Airport to be built in Jewar will be the largest airport in Asia. Here today PM Modi inaugurated the first stage. Its cost is Rs 11,282 crore. This big project may have an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crore. The objective of this project is to make Jewar a major aviation hub for Northern India.
The oldest international airport in Kerala is Trivandrum International Airport. It was built in 1932. Cochin International Airport located in Kochi is the busiest airport in Kerala. Its special thing is that it is the world's first airport to run entirely on solar energy. It was started in 1999. Calicut International Airport located in Kozhikode is very important for the Malabar region. The number of immigrants living in Gulf countries is very high here. Kannur is an international airport. It was built in 2018. This is the newest aviation hub of Kerala.
Kerala's aviation infrastructure is built to serve a population that travels the world and is part of a booming tourism economy. Due to the frequent movement of millions of Malayali migrants and foreign tourists to the Middle East, the state needs several international gateways. The presence of four airports makes international travel easy for the people living in every district. This eliminates the need for long domestic journeys before boarding international flights.
