Commercial flight operations from the Naval airport at Kochi commenced today with the first Air India flight from Bengaluru arriving this morning. Small aircraft are being operated from the naval airport as the Kochi International Airport has shut operations till August 26 following flooding in the heavy rains.
The first AI flight from Bengaluru arrived this morning and returned by 0830 hrs. Train services between state capital and Ernakulam are also slowly becoming normalised.