Super Sunday awaits Cochin airport as traffic soars up, Saudia starts departures

Kochi, Aug 28 (UNI) With the Saudi Arabia’s new international travel protocol becoming effective, Cochin International Airport (CIAL) is all set to facilitate the first commercial departure operation to Saudi since the outbreak of the Pandemic.
Saudi Arabia’s National Carrier Saudia schedules 7 departure services till September 30. The first among these will leave Cochin International Airport on Sunday, the August 29 with 395 passengers on board.
CIAL is about to handle 6,069 international passengers on Sunday alone. Out of this, 4131 are departing passengers, a press release said here on Saturday.
Saudia Flight SV 3573 will leave Cochin International Airport on Sunday morning with 395 passengers. The airline schedules 3 more flights for the week. Indigo commences departure operations to Saudi September 2 and the airline schedules 12 more operations in the coming weeks.
CIAL Managing Director S Suhas has informed that the airport operator already initiated hectic discussions with the International Carriers to start more services in the sector.
“CIAL schedules more departure operations to the Middle East in the coming days. We are happy that all major international and Indian airlines have confirmed their schedules for this Sector.”
“As per the instruction of Chairman and the Board of Directors, CIAL has already made the arrangements to facilitate hassle-free passenger movement at Cochin International Airport,” Suhas said.
Apart from the Saudi operation, CIAL schedules 21 international passenger departure operations on Sunday including 5 services to Doha, 4 each to Sharjah and Dubai and one to London.