Arat procession: flight operations to be suspended for five hours on October 30

The formation operations astatine the Thiruvananthapuram planetary airdrome volition beryllium temporarily suspended from 4.45 p.m. to 9 p.m. connected Thursday (October 30, 2025) successful transportation with the ‘Alpasi Arat’ procession from the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. The Arat procession of the temple volition walk done the runway astir 5.30 p.m. Passengers are advised to cheque with their respective airlines for updated formation schedules and revised timings.

The runway of the airdrome lies connected a way wherever the yearly procession from the temple was traditionally taken, and the procession has to chopped done the runway to scope the Shanghumughom formation for the beatified bath of the idols, a contented which began centuries ago. Hence, the runway volition beryllium closed doubly a twelvemonth for the temple procession to walk through.