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There are three airports in Kerala, with flights to domestic and international destinations: Kochi (Cochin), Kozhikode, and Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). The airports have several carriers operating international flights around the world.

§  Cochin International Airport (IATA: COK) is the largest airport in the state, with regular flight connections to most of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, Srilanka. Europe and US bound passengers need to transit in the Middle East or Mumbai. There are regular Flights to most parts of India.

§  Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (IATA: TRV) has regular connections to major cities of India, as well as to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Srilanka and Maldives. Charter flights for tourism from London, New York and Moscow operate to Thiruvananthapuram.

§  Kozhikode International Airport (IATA: CCJ) is a new airport with limited international connects others than to the Middle East.

There are 20 to 25 international carriers offering flights to Kerala. Apart from international carriers, Air India, Jet Airways, Kingfisher offers international connections from the 3 airports. Domestic destinations accessible by direct flights from these airports include Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Agatti, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Goa and Delhi. There are daily, and some bi-daily flights, to most Indian cities from airports in Kochi and Trivandrum. Many of the major indian low cost carriers (LCC) such as Spice jet, Indigo and Jetlite offer daily flights from major Indian cities.