Bengaluru: Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, will begin commercial operations from the Kochi Naval Air Base from Monday. This brings a sigh of relief to those stranded in the flood-hit state.

The announcement in this regard was made by Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu on his twitter page.

“In view of disruption of flights from Cochin airport due to floods, a joint team sent by @MoCA_GoI has approved starting of scheduled commercial flights using ATRs by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, between Bangalore and Cochin Naval Airbase. #KeralaFloods,” said the tweet

“The flight operations between Bangalore and Cochin Naval Airbase will be starting from 20th August morning. More destinations such as Coimbatore, Madurai are also in the pipeline. Other airlines are likely to join this effort too. All possible steps are being taken #KeralaFloods.” read another tweet.

He also tweeted the schedule of the services from Kochi Naval Air Base.