International status for Madurai airport will draw more tourists, pilgrims, says Union Minister

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Union Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Union Minister of State L. Murugan, MPs B. Manickam Tagore and Su. Venkatesan, and MLA V.V. Rajan Chellappa astatine  the Madurai airdrome  connected  Saturday.

Union Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Union Minister of State L. Murugan, MPs B. Manickam Tagore and Su. Venkatesan, and MLA V.V. Rajan Chellappa astatine the Madurai airdrome connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY

Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu connected Saturday formally declared the Madurai airdrome an planetary airdrome and said India had catapulted itself into becoming 1 of the strongest fiscal countries due to the fact that of the improvement of caller airports by the Ministry of Civil Aviation successful the past 12 years.

Speaking astatine the event, helium said the three-decade-old rightful request of the radical of Madurai was fulfilled connected March 10, erstwhile the Union Cabinet Committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave the support to accord Madurai airdrome the presumption of an planetary airport.

Published - March 14, 2026 11:30 p.m. IST

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