Thiruvananthapuram: The airfare for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s foreign trips in 2022 and 2023 amounts to ₹41.57 lakh. Between January 15, 2022 and last December, he undertook 16 overseas trips covering countries including the US, the UK, Cuba and Gulf nations.

The figures for airfare over 2022 and 2023 were disclosed under the Right to Information Act by the Public Accounts Department. The data includes official, private and medical trips to the United States.

Details regarding other expenses such as allowances or miscellaneous costs have not been provided by the Public Accounts Department. Although details of foreign trips undertaken by the Chief Minister and other ministers were requested in the last Legislative Assembly session, they have not yet been made available.