Thiruvananthpuram formerly known as Trivandrum is the capital of Kerala. Situated on the west coast of India, this city is built on seven hills. The city pulsates with political, commercial and cultural activities. The city also has rich cultural heritage dating back to 1000 BC. The city is now known as the major tourist attraction and the international Airport of Thiruvananthpuram has paved the way to “The Gods own Country Kerala”.

The Thiruvananthpuram International Airport being the gateway to the tourism rich state Kerala have direct flights to Singapore, Colombo, Sharjah, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Jeddah, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Maldives. There are direct flight to Thiruvananthpuram from Sri Lanka, Maldives, Singapore and Middle East with some of the international airlines operating from the airport such as Qatar Airways, Air-India Express, Gulf, Silk Air, Srilankan Airlines, Air Arabia, Etihad, Oman Air, Kuwait Airways, Emirates Airline, India, and Gulf Air.

The major portion of the revenue is procured from the gulf sector as the airport caters to the needs of keralites settled in the Middle East. Other than the scheduled Flights many chartered flights from Europe land here when the season of Kerala is ideal for tourism. With the increase in of foreign tourists the airport has gained lot of prominence. To keep pace with the progress the airport authority has put up various facilities for the passengers.

There are duty free shopping centers making it easy to get world class brands at throw away price. There are restaurants, vending machines, rest rooms for transit passengers, STD/ISD/PCO, post office, wheel chair and Assistance to handicap/ aged/ infirm.