Cochin International Airport

Direct flight services from Kerala to Vietnam launched from Cochin International airport

The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), in a statement issued on Sunday, said the new flight service by Vietnamese airline Vietjet was a significant milestone for it.

Business jet terminal, 5-star hotel among projects to power Cochin Int’l Airport ahead

COVID-19’s hit on revenues prompts the airport to launch many initiatives. The airport, which is the first in the world to run fully on solar power, has many other firsts to its credit. After a loss of Rs 87.21 crore in 2020-21, the company registered a net profit of Rs 26.13 crore in FY22. S Suhas, MD of CIAL, says the revenue target for this fiscal is Rs 675 crore.

Kerala unveils budget focused on industry, IT, science parks; few measures to cut spending, garner more revenue

The finance minister said the budget was prepared with the objective of “nava Kerala nirmanam” (new Kerala development) with the aim of accelerating growth and ensuring environmental conservation, and sustainability in development and social justice.

Cochin airport becomes first in India to start hydropower project

The power plant with annual power generation capacity of 14 million units will be commissioned on November 6 at Arippara near Kozhikode. It will be fed to the Kerala State Electricity Board grid in the first week of November

V.J. Kurian: 'Cochin risked falling off the air map'

V.J. Kurian, who retired as managing director of Cochin International Airport Limited on June 9, on the genesis of CIAL, how it became a PPP airport, why it adopted solar power, and plans for an airline that never took off.

Cochin International Airport sees 17.52% rise in turnover

Despite the closure of the airport for 15 days due to the floods in August, the CIAL registered an increase of turnover of 17.52 per cent.

Cochin Airport suspends operations till afternoon

The decision to suspend the operations was taken after shutters of the Idamalayar and Cheruthoni dams, part of Idukki reservoir, were opened last evening to release excess water.

Cochin International Airport net profit at Rs 156 crore

The consolidated turnover of achieved by CIAL and its fully owned subsidiaries like CIAL Duty Free and Retail Services Limited (CDRSL) stands at Rs 701.13 crore.

Tata Power Solar powers 2.67MW solar carport at Cochin Airport

"The project comprised of putting together 8,472 solar panels on 27 carports spread over 20,289.9 square meter of area. The entire solar plant is aimed towards reducing 1,868 tonnes of CO2 annually," the company said in a statement.

Solving Kerala's Power Crisis: Is Sun the â€˜ray of hope‘

It's common knowledge that Kerala has a wide expanse of water bodies. A lesser known fact is that the Kerala state irrigation department is close to formulating a plan to use the reservoirs of dams like the one behind me as bases to generate solar power.