CIAL’s passenger traffic gains altitude

Kochi: With more airlines showing keen interest to launch services from the Cochin International Airport (CIAL), the airport is all set to achieve the 4.5 million passenger-traffic target in the current financial year registering a growth of 15 percent when compared to the previous year. The passenger traffic was 3.93 million in 2009-10. Many existing airlines have approached CIAL enquiring about the possibility of enhancing the schedule.
SriLankan Air, which stopped its service to various airports in India including Kochi a couple of years ago, has decided to resume service from Cochin Airport in next January. SriLankan Air is likely to operate three schedules in a week. Expo Air, the cargo airlines based in Sri Lanka, is expected to launch its service in Kochi by September 8. Condor Airlines, the German-based no-frills global airlines, is proposed to operate its maiden service on the Kochi-Frankfurt sector from November 4. AkashGanga Airlines, which pledges to serve the domestic air passengers, especially from north India, will spread its wings to Kochi soon. A low-cost carrier, it will initially operate on the Lucknow-Kochi sector. AkashGanga Airlines, operating tourism-related services, is considering CIAL as its hub in South India and will have a ‘tie-up connection’ to Nepal. SpiceJet and Indigo Airlines are likely to launch international operations from Kochi as soon as they get clearance to operate international services.
02/09/10 K J Francis Joy/ExpressBuzz

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