Tiruchirapalli International Airport is used for domestic as well as international purposes. The airport chiefly caters to Tiruchirapalli (Trichy),Central and Southern districts in Tamil Nadu, India. The airport is located 5 kilometres south of the city centre. Deccan (Chennai); Indian Airlines (Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram); Kingfisher Airlines (Bangalore); Air-India Express (Chennai); Paramount Airways (Chennai) are the domestic airlines touching down by the airport. Indian Airlines (Al-Fujairah, Sharjah); SriLankan Airlines (Colombo); Air-India Express (Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur); Mihin Lanka (Colombo) are the international airlines catering to the Tiruchirapalli International Airport. Air-India Express (Mumbai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait); Air Arabia (Sharjah); Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur); AirAsia (Kuala Lumpur); Oman Air (Muscat); Emirates Airline (Abu Dhabi); Tiger Airways (Singapore) and many other airlines are about to launch their flight operations.