‘Fly-buses’ in Kerala airports
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Airports in Kerala to have ‘Fly Buses’, to carry passengers from the airports to nearby cities. The 42-seater air conditioned bus service by Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will operate from Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin and Karipur International airports to the nearest cities. The Minister for Transport, A K Saseendran will inaugurate the service at Thiruvananthapuram Airport today by 4.30 pm.
The Fly Bus will operate every 45 minutes round the clock from the premier airport of the State in the capital to East Fort and Thampanoor, every 30 minutes from Cochin international airport in Nedumbaserry to Vyttila and every one hour from Karipur international airport to Kozhikode.
“Initially, we were planning for 21 seater mini-buses, but opted 42-seater low-floor air conditioned buses taking considering the demand from the public for hassle-free connectivity between the airport and cities. General public can also use the buses and it will stop at all the designated bus stops in the rout,” said the Chairman and Managing Director Tomin J Thachankary.
The fares of the Fly Bus will be the same in the low floor air conditioned buses operated by the KURTC. Fly Buses will have specially designed logo inscribed on it. Schedules had been worked out linking the arrival and departure wings of the international and domestic terminals of the airport. The timings of these services will be displayed in the city and central bus stations for the benefit of commuters.
The salient features of the fly-buses will be prompt service, cleanliness, polite behaviour of the crew and free luggage transport up to a certain limit. Executive Director C. V. Rajendran will be responsible for the overall supervision of the new services. The KSRTC CMD said the State transport undertaking was looking into the feasibility of check-in for the flights from the bus stations itself for those preferring Fly Bus.
