Flight ops from Kochi airport expected to begin from Aug 26

August 21, 2018 17:01

Flight operations from the Cochin International Airport Limited

which has suffered an estimated loss of over Rs 220 crore due to floods, are expected to resume from August 26, airport officials said here today.

The airport, which is among the busiest in the country, had been rendered non-functional since August 14 due to flooding and torrential rains.

"We have been striving hard to settle the issues pertaining to Kochi Airport due to floods. We hope that we can resume operations on August 26 as announced earlier," a CIAL spokesman said.

He said the water on the runway, taxiway and parking bays has completely receded.

The runway needs some milling work which would be completed within two days.

"To ensure utmost safety, all runway lights (almost 800 of them) have to be removed, tested and refitted," he said.

The CIAL management has launched rebuilding of the damaged infrastructure including 2.6 km long airport walls that collapsed after Periyar river overflowed.

"We have lost almost 2,600 metres of the wall. The re-construction work has already been started. Parallel to this, we are erecting ready-to-use structures, as per security norms, to meet with the deadline," the spokesman said.

Airport officials said the runway, taxi bay, duty free shops and other areas of international and domestic terminals were submerged, causing damage to electrical equipments including runway lights.

-- PTI

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