What is Kochi airport name?

Kochi Airport (COK) In Kochi.

Does Kochi have an International Airport?

Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK, ICAO: VOCI) is an International airport serving the city of Kochi, in the state of Kerala, India….

Cochin International Airport
Owner/Operator Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) Government of Kerala (32.42%)
Serves Kochi, India

Is Kochi and Cochin Airport same?

British used to call Kochi Cochin and Keralites used to call it Kochi and officially Kochi was declared as the name in the 1990s. Even though the official name is Kochi, Cochin is also used by many people who live there or who travel to Kochi, and the airport is also known as Cochin International Airport.

Which is the No 1 airport in Kerala?

Trivandrum International Airport is the foremost airport in Kerala. The airport is also the fifth international airport in India. The airport was established in 1932, however, the airport has started operation as an international airport only on 1 June 1991.

How many airports has Kochi?

Kerala state has 4 operational International airports as of 2019 and is the only Indian state having 4 international airports along with Tamil Nadu….List of airports in Kerala.

Cities served Kochi
ICAO VOCI
IATA COK
Airport name Cochin International Airport
Category International

Is Kochi airport private?

Cochin International airport, the country’s first greenfield airport built under public private partnership is a trendsetter and a pathbraker in aviation infrastructure development.

Who built Cochin airport?

K Karunakaran as Chairman and Sri. V J Kurian as the Managing Director with an initial capital of Rs. 20,000/- contributed to the Airport project by Sri. Jose Maliakal, an NRI from Germany.

Why is Calicut famous?

Formerly known as Calicut, Kozhikode is located in Kerala. It was the Capital of Malabar during the Zamorin rule 500 years ago and is famous for its centuries-old trade in cotton and spices with Jews, Arabs, Phoenicians and Chinese.