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Unable to land due to bad weather in Mysuru, flight returns to Bengaluru
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Unable to land due to bad weather in Mysuru, flight returns to Bengaluru

May 9, 2022

41 passengers waiting at Mysore Airport to go to Goa stranded Mysore/Mysuru: Bad weather forced a Mysuru-bound plane from Hyderabad to land at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru instead of Mysore Airport last evening. The pilot, in coordination with the Air Traffic Control, decided it would be unsafe to land in Mysuru. Consequently, the passengers…

City hotelier books air tickets for 8 staff from West Bengal
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City hotelier books air tickets for 8 staff from West Bengal

July 13, 2021

Trains from North East to Bengaluru, Mysuru fully booked till August Mysore/Mysuru: Hotels and restaurants in Mysuru are getting back on their feet offering full-fledged service to customers. As the lockdown was relaxed all of a sudden from July 5, some hotels found it difficult to function normally as they faced a serious shortage of…

KIA saves 22 lakh unit of power in 2020-21
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KIA saves 22 lakh unit of power in 2020-21

June 7, 2021

Bengaluru: On the World Environment Day-2021, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL)  announced the accomplishment of one of its ambitious goals — Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru (BLR Airport) achieving net energy neutral status in the Financial Year 2020-21. According to a release, as part of its sustainability goals, BIAL had set the target to become…

Two Mysureans among four held at Kempegowda Airport for smuggling gold
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Two Mysureans among four held at Kempegowda Airport for smuggling gold

November 9, 2020

Gold worth Rs. 74 lakh seized Bengaluru: In separate cases, four passengers including two from Mysuru were allegedly caught smuggling gold into the Kempegowda International  Airport (KIA) here last week and the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Bengaluru Customs have seized 1,875.75 grams (1.87 kg) of gold worth Rs. 74.46 lakh  from them. On…

Demand for International Airport for Mysuru: Some basic issues
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Demand for International Airport for Mysuru: Some basic issues

August 19, 2020

By R. Chandra Prakash There is a demand for an International Airport for Mysuru from business leaders and also a few people’s representatives. Tentatively its location is proposed near K. Shettihalli, beyond Srirangapatna on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway. While justifying their demand, availability of 900 acres of Government land and the future growth of the business…

International Airport near Srirangapatna proposed
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International Airport near Srirangapatna proposed

August 11, 2020

Survey of 900-acre land conducted; Proposal with Centre Mysore/Mysuru: One more International Airport may come up near Srirangapatna on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, in addition to the existing Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), far away from Bengaluru near Nandi Hills, if the Centre accepts the proposal already sent for its consideration. The question is, if this new Airport…

Work on Kempegowda’s giant statue takes off in Bengaluru
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Work on Kempegowda’s giant statue takes off in Bengaluru

June 27, 2020

Bengaluru: On the occasion of the 511th birth anniversary of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the Founder of ‘Bendakalooru’ aka Bengaluru, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa this morning laid the foundation stone for the construction of Nadaprabhu’s mammoth 108-feet bronze statue at the Bengaluru Airport in Devanahalli named as Kempegowda International Airport. It is the country’s third busiest airport…

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