Now there's another, wider gateway to God's Own Country. Now jumbo jets will touch down in Kerala from all parts of the world... A new chapter in India's aviation history began with the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) at Nedumbassery. The fastest project of its kind and the only airport in the country to be built by a State Government promoted company with public participation, the CIAL was inaugurated on May 25 by Sri.K.R. Narayanan, President of India.