Mysore/Mysuru: A mock drill was conducted at the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli to test the emergency response protocol yesterday and over 80 personnel from different agencies participated in the drill. According to Airport authorities, the drill was a full-scale emergency exercise after the COVID-19 pandemic to deal with the aircraft and record the response time…
Airport runway lights malfunction: Electricity supplier’s blunder
May 27, 20227.30 pm Chennai flight diverted to Coimbatore; returns to Mysuru at 10.30 pm; again heads towards Chennai Passengers left in the dark for hours Mysore/Mysuru: Malfunction of lights on the runway and also at the Mysore Airport led to the diverting of a Chennai flight to Coimbatore last night. The lights were restored later and…
14,600 travellers utilise Mysore Airport in March
April 21, 2022100 percent occupancy in all flights Indigo service to Hubballi from May 3 Mysore/Mysuru: After a gap of two years, the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli is seeing a flurry of activities with full occupancy in all the flights. The first and second wave of COVID-19 had dealt a severe blow to the airline operations and…
Flight services from city resume on a positive note
June 29, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the aviation industry being one of the most affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are slowly coming back to rule the skies, but with limited destinations. Flights are operating from Mysore Airport at Mandakalli stage-by-stage. Air traffic bottomed out as the second wave of the virus struck and now airlines have also seen…
KSRTC starts Volvo bus service from city to Airport at Mandakalli
December 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following an appeal from MP Pratap Simha, the KSRTC has introduced Volvo bus service from City Bus Stand (CBS) to Mysore Airport at Mandakalli in accordance with the schedule of flights (inbound and outbound) at the Airport. Following complaints that taxi drivers were demanding exorbitant fares in the absence of convenient bus service from…
Special postal cover flies to and fro Mysuru-Mangaluru in just 3 hours
December 13, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The inaugural flight of Alliance Air between Mysuru and Mangaluru from the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli on Dec. 11 was witness to a special moment. The flight operation itself was special as the flight will cater to the travel needs of many Mangalureans living in Mysuru and many Mysureans living in Mangaluru. The special…
Mysuru-Mangaluru flight begins operation from today
December 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The long demand for air connectivity between Mysuru and Mangaluru became a reality with a flight belonging to Alliance Airlines, a subsidiary of Air India, with 23 passengers took off from Mandakalli Airport in city this morning. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda, Airport Director R. Manjunath, Air India’s Regional Subsidiary Alliance…
Demand for International Airport for Mysuru: Some basic issues
August 19, 2020By 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…
Mandakalli Airport to be developed
August 14, 2020Plans for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 to land in City Airport By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: While a proposal has been floated to establish a new International Airport near Srirangapatna as a parallel airport to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, new development works at the Mandakalli Airport in Mysuru have picked up pace to…
International Airport near Srirangapatna proposed
August 11, 2020Survey 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…
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