Coimbatore is known as “Manchester of South India” and some prefer to call it ‘Detroit of Tamilnadu’. It is the second largest metro in Tamilnadu next to Chennai. The major industries in this region are textiles, textile machineries, auto parts, garments, foundry, motor pumps, grinders, gold ornaments, education and agriculture. One cannot miss the booming BPOs and Medical Transcription companies which are successfully operating in the city even during economic downturn. The TIDEL PARK (IT Park) is expected to be open for ventures in June 2010. The presence of Bosch, Cognizant, Suzlon, L&T etc. have added pride to this tier two city. To Know More About Coimbatore visit www.kovaizone.com

Medical Tourism:

The other growing industry is medical tourism. Name any disease. Coimbatore has got solutions. The city is blessed with hospitals of international standards. You can treat eye, ortho problems, cardio and intestinal problems the cost of which are comparatively cheaper without compromising high quality in treatment. Ayuveda and naturopathy also are available.

In addition people can enjoy the cool and green Hill towns like Ooty, Valparai, Munnar and Topslip with their tea plantations and dense forests. They are known for four legged ‘beautiful people’ whom some people call animals.

This region covers Coimbatore-for textile industries, Erode- for handloom industries, Tiruppur-for knitwear and garment exports, Pollachi-for coconut and related products and Nilgiris for tourism in Tamilnadu; Further it cater to the needs of adjoining Palkkad district of Kerala State.

Air Connectivity and the airlines operating in Coimbatore:

Coimbatore airport is the nearest airport to all these places. Nowadays it is becoming busier with the operations of Air Arabia and Silkair connecting Gulf and Singapore directly. The domestic companies which have Coimbatore in their air map are Air India, Jet Airways, Jetlite, Air Arabia, Kingfisher Airlines, Paramount Airways and Spice Jet. Coimbatore is well connected by air to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kozhikode.

About Coimbatore Airport:

It is known as CJB and VOCB in airline parlance. It was started in 1940. Now it handles about 36 landings and take offs everyday. The air port has a 9760 feet long runway. It is being expanded and expected to be completed within June 2010.The airport has a bank, medical facilities, cargo handling facilities etc.Recently Air Srilanka has started cargo operations from Coimbatore.The airport has international operations.The airport is situated at a distance of 13 Kms from the centre of the city. It is on the National High way. So it is easy to approach from all directions without going into the city. One can easily call star hotels and Hospitals which are available within minutes away from airport.

The airport is being modernized eyeing on the immediate potentiality offered by textile industry, TIDEL PARK and Medical tourism in Coimbatore –Ooty regions and expanding exports of Tiruppur-Erode -Pollachi which are within 2 hours distance from airport.