Newest Airlines commence operating on Aug 13

The country’s newest airline Akasa Air announced its operations from Kochi. It will operate 28 services in the Bangalore-Kochi-Bangalore sector from 13 August 2022 offering two flights daily. Kochi topped the list of Akasa’s first phase of the operation which will see 56 flights catering to Kochi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore.

With the commencement of Akasa’s operation, Kochi airport will see 99 departures to Bangalore alone in a week. IndiGo, AirAsia, GoFirst, and Alliance Air are currently operating in the sector. As the summer schedule came into effect in April, CIAL has been handling 1190 aircraft movements per week. The airport operator hopes the traffic will grow at par with the pre-pandemic level by the end of the current year.