Kochi International airport is playing host to a new ‘Fire Fly’ lounge bar. This open air bar was inaugurated by A.C.K. Nair, the airport director for Kochi International airport. This project saw light last week, and is a dream-come-true for Casino Aviation Flight Services.

If you have been planning to travel somewhere outside India from COK, then you must try out this place. ‘Fire Fly’ is constructed with 2000 sq. ft of covered area. The lounge bar also hosts a 3000 sq. ft garden area as well. This truly is a blessing to international flight passengers who will have to wait for hours after the clearance procedures, and also for those who are waiting for the flights. The bar is open 24×7, and this is one place you can hop in when boredom hits you.

So try out this place when you are at the airport next!

In an effort to mitigate the growing concern about the security of airports across the country, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has decided to enhance the security apparatus by installing state-of-the-art security and surveillance equipments at the airport .The company plans for a phased enhancement of the total security cover for the airport by launching the ‘nakkas and morchas’ system in the first phase and a full-fledged perimeter intrusion detection system in the second phase. The system of ‘nakkas and morchas’, intended to ward off a possible terrorist strike at the airport is expected to be operational within a couple of months.

While the ‘nakka’ system is meant to stop the movement of speeding vehicles into the terminals under suspicious  circumstances, the ‘morcha’ will ensure a thorough checking of all the vehicles entering into the airport. CIAL has  already erected a number of hide-outs at the main entry points of both the passenger terminals and the cargo terminal to  deploy CISF personnel.

The ‘morcha’ system envisages the entry of the vehicles into the parking area at the city-side only after a systematic  inspection by the sentries at the CISF posts and recording of details.

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