No Flight Services At Thiruvananthapuram Airport For 5 Hours Today

Flight services at Thiruvananthapuram airport would be temporarily suspended to enable the "Arattu" procession to pass through the runway.

Flight services at the international airport here would be temporarily suspended for five hours on Monday to enable the traditional "Arattu" procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple to pass through the runway, TIAL said. The ritual is in line with a decades-old practice involving the Travancore Royals.

The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL) said flight services would be suspended from 4 pm to 9 pm to facilitate the Alpassi Arattu procession by the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.

The services of four flights have been rescheduled due to the ceremony, the airport said.