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CIAL announces Summer Schedule

 

CIAL announces summer schedule : 1484 services weekly

 

-   Air India will operate UK flight  from London (Gatwick )

-     Additional 10 weekly flights to Kuala Lumpur 

-    Additional daily flights to Male, Riyadh, Dammam,Bahrain, Mumbai, Bangalore & Hyderabad

-   Commencement of new sector: Indigo to operate daily flights to Ras-Al-Khaima

 

Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) announced its summer schedule which will be effective from 26th March till 28th October 2023. A total of 1484 weekly operations is the highlight of this schedule against 1202 operations for the ongoing winter schedule. Additional services to Mumbai, Banglore and Hyderabad are also enlisted in the summer schedule.

CIAL’s summer schedule will see 31 airlines among which 23 are international carriers operating 332 weekly departures to international destinations. Indigo tops the list with 63 weekly departures to international destinations whereas Air India Express will have 44 departure operations weekly. SpiceJet-21, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi- 20, AirAsia Berhad-18, Air Arabia-14, Emirates Air-14, Etihad Air-14, Oman Air-14, Saudi Arabian-14, Singapore Airlines- 14 are other prominent carriers operating frequent weekly services. There will be 51 weekly departures to Abu Dhabi alone. Whereas Dubai comes second with 45 operations from Kochi. Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will operate additional 10 weekly frequencies whereas an additional 10 weekly flights to Kuala-Lumpur will be operated by AirAsia Berhad, which make an average of total 5 daily flights to KUL from COK. SpiceJet announced additional daily flights to Malé and Riyadh whereas Indigo operates additional daily flights to Dammam and Bahrain. Indigo’s daily flight to Ras-Al-Khaima led to the commencement of a new sector Ras-Al-Khaimah.  Air India, Indigo, Vistara will operate additional daily flights to Mumbai, Go First as well as  Indigo to Hyderabad and Indigo and Akasa Air will operate daily flights to Bangalore. The domestic sector wise weekly flight status in CIAL’s 2023 summer schedule includes 131 flights to Bangalore, 73 to Mumbai, 64 to Delhi and 55 to Hyderabad, 35 to Chennai and 7 flights each to Agathi, Ahmedabad, Goa, Kannur, Kolkata, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram. This makes a total weekly movement of 742 arrival and departure each.

 

Over the past ten years, the aviation sector in India has undergone significant expansion and transformation. With more people choosing to travel by air than ever before, India is now the third-largest domestic market in the world, behind only China and the United States. Additionally, the industry is anticipated to benefit from increased efficiency and cost savings as a result of technological advancements like automation and artificial intelligence. CIAL Managing Director S. Suhas IAS said that the company is strenuously trying to reinvent itself to accommodate the developments in the Indian aviation sector, as CIAL being the 3rd largest airport in the country in terms of international traffic. Indian aviation is going to witness a surge in both terms of volume and a 17% growth in the domestic sector. “CIAL is preparing and designing strategies to adapt to that growth and contrives new route maps for the future, as we believe we will make Kochi a hub for air traffic in South India", Suhas added.

During the post-pandemic period, CIAL is almost witnessing 96% of passengers at par with that of the pre-pandemic era. Additionally, CIAL has recently successfully commissioned its exquisite Business Jet Terminal which eyes for a surge in affordable chartered flying.

 

The Highlights of CIAL’s Summer Schedule

 

 

Airline wise weekly movement

 

 

AIRLINE

Weekly Departures in Upcoming Summer 23

Weekly Departures in Ongoing Winter 22

                                                      INTERNATIONAL

               AIR ARABIA

14

14

AIR ARABIA ABU DHABI

20

7

AIR INDIA

10

10

AIR INDIA EXPRESS

44

44

AIRASIA BERHAD

18

7

EMIRATES AIR

14

14

ETIHAD AIR

14

7

FLY DUBAI

3

3

GO FIRST

7

7

GULF AIR

7

7

INDIGO

63

42

ISLAND AVIAITION

4

3

JAZEERA AIR

5

5

KUWAIT AIR

8

9

MALINDO AIR

7

7

MALAYSIAN AIRLINES

4

7

OMAN AIR

14

14

QATAR AIR

11

11

SAUDI ARABIAN

14

14

SINGAPORE AIRLINES

14

14

SPICEJET

21

7

SRI LANKAN

10

10

THAI AIR ASIA

6

5


AIRLINE

Weekly Departures in Upcoming Summer 23

Weekly Departures in Ongoing Winter 22

                                              DOMESTIC               

AIR ASIA

42

42

AIR INDIA

43

35

AKASA AIR

28

28

ALLIANCE AIR

21

21

GO FIRST

35

21

INDIGO

213

177

SPICEJET

                       7

                       5

VISTARA

21

14

 

Sector-wise weekly movement

International Sector wise weekly flight status

 

 

          SECTOR

Weekly Departures in Upcoming Summer 23

Weekly Departures in Ongoing Winter 22

Abu Dhabi

51

30

Bahrain

16

14

Bangkok

6

5

Colombo

10

10

Damam

8

1

Doha

25

25

Dubai

45

44

Jeddah

7

7

Kuala Lumpur

32

22

Kuwait

23

23

London

3

3

Male

18

10

Muscat

30

30

Ras-Al-Khaima

7

0

Riyadh

15

8

Salalah

1

1

Sharjah

21

21

Singapore

14

14


Domestic Sector wise weekly flight status

 

SECTOR

Weekly Departures in Upcoming Summer 23

Weekly Departures in Ongoing Winter 22

Agathi

                  7

                     7

Ahmedabad

                   7

                     7

Bangalore

131

110

Chennai

35

52

Delhi

64

63

Goa

                      7

                      7

Hyderabad

55

24

Kannur

                      7

                         7

Kolkata

                      7

                       7

Mumbai

73

42

Pune

                      7

                       0

Thiruvananthapuram

                       7

10

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL WEEKLY MOVEMENTS

ARRIVAL

DEPARTURE

742

742

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule

International Arrival

International Departure

Domestic Arrival

Domestic Departure

 

TOTAL

 

SUMMER SCHEDULE 2023

 

332

 

332

 

410

 

410

 

1484

 

WINTER SCHEDULE 2022

 

268

 

268

 

343

 

343

 

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