Kochi has a bright new airport that the local businessmen helped build. Newly functional, it gets international and domestic traffic, and is 26 km from town. The old airport is situated on Willingdon Island; it is about 5 km from both Kochi and Ernakulam and receives traffic from all major cities in India. There are auto-rickshaws and taxis to ferry you into town.

Ernakulam Junction is the main railway station in Kochi, and a major stop on the southwestern rail route. Trains connect Kochi to major cities like Bangalore, Mangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram and to smaller towns within Kerala.

Both state-run and sleeker, faster private buses connect Kochi with the rest of the region. Maximum services are to Alappuzha and Kollam on the backwater circuit, but there are a substantial number of services to other places in Kerala and around. There are also many car-rentals that will be glad to hire out a driver and car to you.