Kochi | After suspending operations for three days due to incessant rains and waterlogging, Kochi airport resumes operations three hours before schedule.
The first flight marked the returning of services, an IndiGo airline from Abu Dhabi which landed around 12:15 PM on Sunday.
The airport authority had announced that operations would resume three hours ahead of the schedule announced earlier.
“Airport is ready. Flight operations will resume at noon tomorrow. That is ahead of deadline. Airlines are instructed to facilitate services accordingly,” the Cochin International Airport Limited spokesperson told reporters.
He said that the water that was caught up in the runways has receded.
“Ferry operation was successfully carried out. Six out of eight stranded aircraft departed, while the remaining two will fly to their destinations tomorrow as scheduled services,” he said.
The operations were suspended as there was a rise in water level in Periyar river and a canal adjacent to the airport due to heavy rains.
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