CIAL registers 12.7 per cent growth in flight movement

Nedumbassery: Flight movement through the Cochin airport (Cochin International Airport Ltd.) registered a substantial growth during the 2005-06 financial year with most international and domestic airlines increasing the services. The total aircraft movement during the period was 20,975 as against 18,611 in the preceding fiscal, thus registering a growth rate of 12.70 per cent. International sector services recorded a growth rate of 10.85 per cent for the period with the airport handling a total of 11,444 services, compared to 10,323 services in the previous fiscal. During the period the airport handled around 300 international services a week. Non-scheduled flights, however, witnessed a marginal decline, as the number dropped from 37 to 21.
The growth in the domestic sector services was 15 per cent. A total of 9,531 services operated through the airport during the period as against 8,288 services in the previous fiscal.
Non-scheduled flights in the domestic sector also dropped from 605 to 427. Air-India along with its no-frills subsidiary Air-India Express topped the chart in the international sector. Though the number of Air-India services registered a drop from 3,273 to 2,176, the airline more than made up for that drop through its subsidiary, which operated 1,322 services during the period.
10/01/07 The Hindu

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