New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has cleared the use of naval airbase INS Garuda at Kochi for civilian operations to address the flight disruptions caused at Cochin International Airport due to unprecedented rains and flooding in the region. Air India’s low-cost subsidiary Alliance Air will start operating flights from Bengaluru to Kochi Naval Air base from Monday. The airline will use its 70-seater turboprop ATR aircraft.
“In view of disruption of flights from Cochin Airport due to floods, a joint team sent by Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved starting of scheduled commercial flights using ATRs between Bangalore and Cochin Naval Air base, starting from 20th August morning to be operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India,” Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey told The Indian Express via a text message. Choubey added that connections to other airports such as Coimbatore and Madurai were also in the pipeline and that other airlines will also soon start operations to the Naval Air base.
19/08/18 Pranav Mukul/Indian Express
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“In view of disruption of flights from Cochin Airport due to floods, a joint team sent by Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved starting of scheduled commercial flights using ATRs between Bangalore and Cochin Naval Air base, starting from 20th August morning to be operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India,” Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey told The Indian Express via a text message. Choubey added that connections to other airports such as Coimbatore and Madurai were also in the pipeline and that other airlines will also soon start operations to the Naval Air base.
19/08/18 Pranav Mukul/Indian Express
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