Flight services will resume from Salem airport in October and two flights will be operated via Salem.
Airport officials said the flight operation date would be announced soon.
The airport is spread over 136 acres and operations commenced three decades ago. At first, flights were operated on the Chennai-Salem-Coimbatore sector. But within three months, due to poor patronage, the service was stopped. After 16 years, in November 2009, service resumed between Salem and Chennai, and in 2011, it came to a halt. After seven years, under the Udan scheme, flight service between Salem and Chennai resumed in 2018. But with COVID-19, passenger arrivals decreased and so, in June 2021, the service was stopped. However, non-scheduled flight operations continued at the airport.
