Just over a year after the SpiceJet introduced its flight service on Puducherry-Bangalore sector, the Puducherry airport, owned by Airports Authority of India, has once again become a non-functional airport, causing concern among tourists and residents.
Citing “unviable passenger” traffic, the SpiceJet, which started its service on January 17, 2013, between Bangalore and Puducherry, ceased its operation with its last flight taking off from Puducherry to Bangalore that carried 44 passengers on Friday. The incoming load was 36 passengers, who travelled from Bangalore to Puducherry on a Q 400 Bombardier aircraft.
It means that the airport, which has a 1500 meters long and 30 meters wide asphalt runway, will become non-functional from Saturday. The new terminal building, which can handle about 300 passengers, will be without passengers except for the charted flights and training purposes.
“It is a hard decision. But the continuous loss on this sector has forced the management to take it,” S. Mahesh, Station-In-Charge, SpiceJet told The Hindu on Friday.
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