Radical plans in store Cochin International Airport, leaves Trivandrum International Airport stranded
Sky is the limit for the Cochin International Airport Limited, with the airport authorities planning radical advancements in its growth curve. Under the leadership of Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan who also is incidentally the Chairman of the Cochin International Airport Limited, growth plans are being drawn which will revolutionize the benchmarked standards for any airport in the country.
A fund of Rupees 118 crores is being set aside for development activities, says the board. The amount will be utilized to build an Industrial Park incorporating some of the giants in the aerospace business. Companies involved in the non-flight sectors, such as manufacturers of airline parts and equipment will be a part of the Industrial Park. The plan so far is to provide an SEZ status to the park and the advantage and convenience that this brings can be fully exploited for the further development of the airport.
Not only this, the efforts for development of the Cochin International Airport Limited include a portfolio comprising of the construction of hotels, restaurants and movie halls in and around the airport premises. Increase in retail trade is also being planned by bringing in more outlets into the International Airport.
With Cochin International Airport Limited reaching out to the stars, where does it leave Trivandrum Airport?
Even at the onset, the Trivandrum International Airport has been troubled by delays and obstacles. The celebrations on the long-due completion of the Trivandrum International Airport were dampened by the protests on the controversial User Development Fee imposed by the authorities on the passengers. The initial flight operations launched from the airport led to prolonged periods of embarrassment for the authorities when the Air India Damam flight crash landed on the runway and remained there for consecutive days due to the lack of engineers who could deliver the technical fixes.
Rumours of AirAsia planning to cancel its flights to Trivandrum, thanks to the much criticized attitude of the authorities, also haunt the progress of this new airport which has been a dream in the waiting for the international passengers in Trivandrum.
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