Kollam Airport, established under the Madras Presidency, but since closed, was the first airport in Kerala.[35] Kannur had an airstrip used for commercial aviation as early as 1935 when Tata airlines operated weekly flights between Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram – stopping at Goa and Kannur.[36] Trivandrum International Airport, managed by the Airport Authority of India, is among the oldest existing airports in South India.