To address heavy domestic aviation traffic, CIAL has revised its summer schedule, offering flights to additional cities from Kochi. This builds upon previously announced services. Notably, CIAL surpassed a significant milestone: handling over one crore passengers in the financial year 2023-24. The new summer schedule, effective March 31st, initially offered 1628 weekly services. This has been revised by adding approximately sixty services, all of which commenced operation in the first week of May. These additions include Air India Express’ 6 weekly services to Kolkata, IndiGo’s new services to Ranchi, Chandigarh, Varanasi, Raipur and Lucknow, Air India Express’ new services to Pune & AirAsia’s added flights to Ranchi and Bagdogra. CIAL has also bolstered its connections to all Indian metro cities. As of now, there are 20 daily services to Bangalore alone, alongside 13 daily services to Delhi and 10 to Mumbai. Notably, IndiGo launched a well-received daily service to Lakshadweep on May 1st, operating on the Kozhikode- Kochi- Agatti- Kochi route. This is in addition to Alliance Air providing 10 weekly services to Agatti. Cochin Airport also offers flights to Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Salem and Ahmedabad.