Tiruchian

Anna University – Trichy has a pretty good website now at   

http://www.tau.org.in/

Where you can get a lot on information ( including downloads) about sylabii and model question papers etc.  The site has come a long way from its inception.

Looks like Air Deccan is adding more flights to connect Bangalore and Trichy. The schedule from Trichy to Bangalore / Chennai is as follows.

The schedules (in Red) is not approved yet. But this new schedule will be great for those who fly into Bangalore from outside the country and don’t have to wait well into the day to get to Trichy.

The National Aviation Company of India’s (NACIL), erstwhile Indian, will operate a daily flight in the Chennai-Trichy-Thriuvananthapuram-Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram-Trichy- Chennai sector.

Flight: IC 967 . – Chennai to Sharjah

Departs – Chennai :10 AM .

Arrives – Trichy: 10:50 AM.

Departs – Trichy:11:35 AM.

Arrives – Thriuvananthapuram :12:15 PM

Departs – Thriuvananthapuram :12:55 PM

Arrives – Sharjah:3:30 PM

Flight IC 968 – Sharjah – Chennai

Departs - Sharjah :9:30 PM .

Arrives – Thriuvananthapuram : 02:55 AM.

Departs – Thriuvananthapuram :3:30 AM.

Arrives – Trichy :04:10 AM

Departs – Trichy :5:00 AM

Arrives – Chennai:5:50 AM

With all the stops in between before reaching Sharjah or reaching Chennai, it will be quite an experience.

You can get a list of ICICI ATMs in Trichy here.

AAI appoints legal advisors for non metro airports modernisation and it has begun the process of legal due diligence for the airports with the appointment of a legal advisor for the process.  The AAI has appointed MV Kini & Co, Mumbai as Legal Advisor for providing legal advisory services for the city side development of the four non-metro airports.

“The Legal Adviser will be advising the AAI on all legal matters associated with the successful conduct of the bidding process and execution of the Concession Agreement with the select bidder,” the statement from AAI added.

Trichy airport plays a pivotal role in the improvement of region and let us look how it fared in  different categories in the month of Jan2008. 

• International Aircraft Movements –  increased by 72.2 % from Jan 2007
• Domestic Aircraft Movements – decreased by 41.5% from Jan 2007
• Total Passenger Traffic – increased by 70.3% from Jan 2007
  • International Pasenger Traffic – increased by 99.8% from Jan 2007
•  Freight Traffic – Increased by 41.8% in Apr 2006 – Jan 2007 compared to prev year.
  • International – increased by 41.2% in Apr 2006 – Jan 2007 compared to prev year.
•  Passenger Traffic:
  • International Passengers.
    • Jan 2008: 28369
    • Jan 2007: 14199
  •  Domestic passengers.
    • Jan 2008: 6994
    • Jan 2007: 6334
•  Total Aircraft Movement:
  • Jan 2008:  396
  • Jan 2007: 300
•  Total International Aircraft Movement:
  Jan 2008:  334
  Jan 2007: 194

•  Total domestic Aircraft Movement
  Jan 2008:  62
  Jan 2007: 106
•  International Frieght
  • Jan 2008: 76 Tonnes
  • Jan 2007: 74 Tonnes.
•  Domestic Frieght
  • Jan 2008: 2 Tonnes
  • Jan 2007: 2 Tonnes.

These are the actual numbers fom AAI site. You can get these from the documents here.

Hopefully this will put to rest some wild speculations / misinterpretations that happens about the airport statistics.

The Palliative Care Association of Tiruchi was inaugurated in Trichy on Sunday. The association plans to open a  day care centre and hospice offering free palliative care for patients with degenerative illness in Trichy. The centre would cover patients with chronic ailments including HIV/AIDS, cancer, renal failure, and neurotic and psychiatric disorders. Resources would be raised locally and free medicines will be distributed. The district administration will help find a suitable location for this center.

The association was conducting contact classes for doctors and paramedical staff for a two-month-long training programme conducted by the Indian Association of Palliative Care. It would also offer short-term courses for volunteers from the city to assess and identify patients at different localities.

There has been long and fierce debate rages in this blogspace portraying pros and cons of Trichy as a player in Information Technology.  I found this interview with Anton Ravindran, Group CEO and co-founder of The Genovate Solutions , located in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Trichy in which he clearly elicits the reasons why Trichy is a great place for IT companies. Read this interview to understand the mindset and approach towards Trichy by Business people.

 Hopefully this will put an end to the skeptiscim that is lingering among some people’s mind regarding Trichy’s practical values in IT.

Paramount Airways, based in Chennai, is adding more new aircrafts toits fleet and are planning to add Trichy and Calicut to their flight maps. They are also looking out for potential acquisitions which will expand their services, according to airline’s Managing Director M. Thiagarajan.

Not sure when it is going to release their schedule but it is a good  news that they are looking to add Trichy. We need more connections to Bangalore and Chennai.

SriLankan Airlines carried 3.2 million passengers around its global network in 2007, an increase of more than 100,000 over the previous year. In India substantial increases were seen in the number of passengers carried to and from Mumbai, Calicut, Goa, Madras, and Bangalore. SriLankan last November became the first foreign carrier to operate 100 flights per week to India and now serves 11 cities there.  Manoj Gunawardena, Head of Worldwide Passenger Sales, also added that their traditional markets including Trichy remained rock solid in ticket sales.