THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With hardly a few hours left for sealing the fate of the privatisation of Trivandrum airport, the campaign for privatisation of the airport and against it, has reached a feverish pitch. While a section has been pointing to the drop in the flight services from the airport in the recent times and the relatively higher airfare to drive home their point, the other section has been putting up frontal protest against the government decision of privatising.
Recently, Flydubai and Saudi airlines moved out of Trivandrum airport. While Saudi airline moved to Calicut airport, Flydubai has plans to operate from both Calicut and Kannur airports. Similarly, Jet Airways has also withdrawn its flights from here to Doha, Muscat and Dammam, and to Bengaluru in the domestic sector. Further, the relatively high airfare being charged by the airlines from here is also a cause for concern.
