Thiruvananthapuram International Airport increases weekly flight operations in winter schedule

The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has announced its winter schedule 2025, marking a significant 22 per cent increase in weekly flight operations compared to the summer schedule of the year. The new schedule of the airport, operated by TRV (Kerala) International Airport Limited, will be effective between 26 October 2025 and 28 March 2026, an airport statement said on Sunday.

Under the new schedule, the TRV airport will handle 732 weekly Air Traffic Movements (ATMs), up from 600 in the summer 2025 schedule, it said. Navi Mumbai, Mangaluru, and Trichy are the new destinations added, it said.

This expansion underscores the airport's growing connectivity and its increasing preference among domestic and international airlines, the statement said. International flight operations will see a nine per cent growth, increasing from 300 weekly ATMs to 326, it said.

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Domestic services will register a 35 per cent increase, rising from 300 to 406 weekly ATMs, driven by enhanced frequency to key metro and regional hubs, it said.

"The new winter schedule reflects Thiruvananthapuram International Airport's growing importance as a preferred gateway to Kerala and beyond. With enhanced connectivity and new routes, we continue to support regional mobility and economic growth," a TRV airport spokesperson said.

The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is managed by Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the globally diversified Adani Group.

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Overall, airlines will operate 26,495 flights every week in the winter schedule starting from October 26, connecting 126 airports and the number of services will be around 6 per cent higher than the year-ago period.

The number of weekly flights in the Winter Schedule 2025, spanning from October 26 to March 28 next year, is 3.46% higher than the current summer schedule, but the total number of airports connected in in the current winter schedule will be slightly lower.

The civil aviation ministry on Friday said 26,495 departures per week have been finalised to/from 126 airports in the WS25 compared to 25,610 departures per week from 129 airports in the Summer Schedule (SS25).

All domestic airlines, except Air India, Alliance Air, and Fly Big, will be operating more weekly flights than in WS24.

"Out of these 126 airports, Amravati, Hissar, Purnia and Rupsi are the new airports proposed by the scheduled airlines in the WS25, whereas operations from Aligarh, Moradabad, Chitrakoot, Bhavnagar, Ludhiana, Pakyong and Shravasti airports were suspended in the WS25," the ministry said in a release.