Four elephants pressed into service; housed in Aloka at Yelwal Mysore/Mysuru: Following a tiger being spotted at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli late night on Jan. 4 and in the wee hours of Jan. 5, the Forest Department has summoned four Dasara elephants from Dubare Elephant Camp yesterday to conduct combing operations. The Forest Department have…
Midnight sighting triggers 50-member combing task Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger was sighted by personnel of the Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF), which manages security at Mysore Airport. The big cat was spotted inside the Airport premises at Mandakalli late last night, following which the Forest Department launched a combing operation this morning to trace and…
Services proposed from Mysuru with three ATR-72 aircraft by mid-April 2026 Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-based Skanray Technologies is set to diversify into aviation. The company is preparing to launch ‘Skanjet Aviation’ from Mysuru, with a Rs. 150-200 crore regional airline plan, positioning the city as its operational base to tap growing demand for regional air travel and…
Verification of boundaries, assessing site conditions before handing over 206.12 acres of land Mysore/Mysuru: The proposal for the much-awaited expansion of Mysore Airport, to operate wide-bodied aircraft such as Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, has got a significant traction. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has launched a joint survey and inspection of 206.12 acres…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Airport Director P.V. Ushakumari convened an emergency meeting this morning with staff, stakeholders and security personnel in the wake of the Delhi blast. The Director reviewed all security arrangements within the Airport premises and received a detailed briefing from personnel of Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF), who oversee the security of the…
Fresh plan by NHAI includes a 3-km tunnel to de-congest traffic Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has submitted a revised alignment plan proposing a 3-kilometre bypass with a central tunnel near the Mysore Airport, replacing the earlier 9-kilometre bypass proposal. The update was shared by Milind Wabale, Project Director, NHAI, during the…
Mysore/Mysuru: P.V. Ushakumari, who was serving as the Deputy General Manager and Head of Airside Operations of Kozhikode (Karipur) International Airport, has been appointed as the seventh and first woman Director of Mysore Airport at Mandakalli. She assumed charge on Oct. 31. Her appointment as the first female Director of Mysore Airport marks a significant…
Direct flights from Mysuru to Mumbai, Goa & Tirupati soon Mysuru, Oct. 27 – The long-pending demand for enhanced air connectivity from Mysore Airport at Mandakalli is set to be fulfilled soon, with direct flights to major destinations including Mumbai, Goa and Tirupati likely to commence in the coming weeks. At present, barring Hyderabad and…
New Delhi: Taking forward his efforts for further development of Mysore Airport, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar discussed various issues concerning the Airport at Mandakalli with Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu here recently. During the discussion, Yaduveer said that as per the agreement, the Karnataka Government has agreed to shift utilities, for which,…
Mysuru: The Mysore Airport, operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has reported a cumulative loss of Rs. 73.03 crore between the financial years 2015-16 and 2024-25. This was disclosed in the Rajya Sabha on Aug. 4 by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol, in response to a question from Congress MP…
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