With a history that dates back to times immemorial, Coimbatore, or the city of Kovai as it is also known, is the second largest city of Tamil Nadu and one of the most popular tourist destinations of Tamil Nadu. Known for its textile factories, the city of Coimbatore is also one of the most important centers for industries in India. It is also an important tourist destination in Tamil Nadu and is one of the major tourist attractions of Tamil Nadu, thanks to her rich heritage and culture. Coimbatore is also known as 'Koneyammanputhhur', which can be literally translated to mean the 'birth-place of the Goddess'. Thus, it can be observed that a number of people travel to Coimbatore everyday, a process of travel that is helped to a large extent by the convenient availability of a number of flights to Coimbatore.
Flights to Coimbatore
The Coimbatore airport, being one of the most important airports of India, is responsible for the traffic of a number of people in and out of the city of Coimbatore. The airport is one of the busiest airports of India with a mammoth figure of as many as 19,352 people traveling in and out of the city each year. There are as many as 113 flights operating in the airport at Coimbatore which is linked to almost all the major cities of India by regular flights. The longest flight operating from the city of Coimbatore travels around a distance of around 881 miles.
There are six airlines operating in and out of the Coimbatore airport which is inclusive of major brand names such as:
Air Deccan, Jet Airways India, Paramount Airways, Indian Airlines, Kingfisher Airlines, Go Air