Talk:Jaffna
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I'm moving this content here, in case any of it ends up being in any way useful. Vaguely planned flights with no certain start date are not yet useful:
Jaffna International Airport, Palaly (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், பலாலி, romanized: Yāḻppāṇam Sarvadesa Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; Sinhala: යාපනය ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ,පලාලි romanized: Yāpanaya Jātyantara Guvantoṭupaḷa) (IATA: JAF, ICAO: VCCJ), formerly known as Palaly Airport. Jaffna international Airport, Palaly, Sri Lanka, is an international airport serving northern Sri Lanka.
In early October 2019 the airport was made an International Airport and placed under the jurisdiction of the CAA. AAS were appointed operator of the airport.
Indian Alliance Air was expected to run scheduled flights from Chennai to Jaffna (Palaly) three times a week from 10 November 2019. FitsAir have said that they would operate charter flights to Chennai from 8 November 2019 and charter flights to Tiruchirappalli International Airport from 10 November 2019.
The Sri Lankan government has stated that the airport would also have flights to other Indian destinations - Bangalore, Cochin, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Flights to Maldives have also been mooted. The runway is expected to be extended to 2,300 metres in phase 2. This will allow the airport to handle 150-seater aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Airbus A321, enabling flights to other parts of Asia and Europe. Phase 3 will see the runway extended to 3,200 metres, capable of accommodating 200-seater aircraft.