Thiruvananthapuram airport to get direct Air India Express flights to Riyadh and Bahrain from October 27
3 October 2026
Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will get direct Air India Express services to Riyadh and Bahrain from October 27, 2026, and bookings are open.
The Riyadh flight will operate three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The Bahrain flight will operate twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Air India Express already flies daily to Dammam, and Gulf Air flies daily to Bahrain from the airport.
The airport has more than 250 weekly air traffic movements to the Gulf, the airport said in a statement on Saturday.
Start date:
October 27, 2026
Riyadh flights:
3 a week (Tue, Thu, Sat)
Bahrain flights:
2 a week (Thu, Sat)
Why it matters for exams: New air links from the State capital are a recurring Kerala PSC theme on transport and the Gulf diaspora.
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