Mysuru: Finally, commercial flights from Mysore Airport at Mandakalli will resume from Sept. 15, a week before Dasara. Mysore Airport Director Manoj Kumar Singh confirmed that Hyderabad-based TruJet’s 78-seater aircraft will be operated from Mysuru to Chennai every day. The resumption of flight operation comes nearly two years after Alliance Air suspended flight services from…
No Air Service this Dasara
August 31, 2017Mysuru: Just 21 days for Dasara and here comes a shocker for those who were banking on flight services from Mysuru to Chennai for travelling and business during peak festival season: There will be no flights during Dasara. Reason, the company that came forward to operate flights from September has communicated that they can start…
DC seeks Dasara special flights between Bengaluru and Mysuru
August 4, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has written to the Secretary, Tourism Department, to resume ‘Akash Ambari’ special flights between Bengaluru and Mysuru, this Dasara. In his letter, Randeep, who is also the Chairman of Aerodrome Committee, has said that a large number of foreign nationals visit Mysuru during Dasara and the non-availability of air services…
Fresh lease of life to Mandakalli Airport
June 2, 2017Mysuru: The jinxed Mandakalli airport is again getting a fresh lease of life. With the introduction of flight operations from Mysuru to Chennai from September, under the Regional Connectivity Scheme, known as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik), there is new light at the end of the tunnel. The stop-start affair has been going on…
Mysore Airport selected for first phase of UDAN bidding
April 22, 2017Bengaluru: Three airports in Karnataka — Mysore, Bidar and Vidyanagar (Ballari) — have been selected in the first phase of bidding for the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik). Under RCS, the Central government has identified 19 airports in the State for development and upgradation. While air connectivity to…
Flight operations to begin soon from Mysuru: Minister
April 11, 2017New Delhi – Mysuru-Kodagu Member of Parliament Pratap Simha has met Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayanth Sinha and has appealed to him to restart flight services from Mysore Airport. The MP told the Minister that Mysuru could be covered under the Union Government’s ambitious Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik (UDAN) scheme. In his…
Flight operations from Mysore Airport soon, says MP
March 31, 2017Regular flight operations will soon begin from Mysuru under the first phase of the Centre’s Affordable Regional Connectivity Scheme, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He said that five airliners have been selected to operate 128 routes, including Mysuru under the Udan scheme in which the airfare is capped at Rs. 2,500 for a one-hour flight….
Mysuru: A plan for the future
March 14, 2017By M.L. Krishnaswami Those residents of Mysuru, who are 80 and above would recall the past-life of this city in all its splendour and variety. Being a Royal City for nearly three centuries, every major activity of yore was centred around the Palace which itself had to undergo reconstruction after a disastrous fire that engulfed…
Officials review Airport security, expansion
February 13, 2017A meeting to review security arrangements at the Mysore Airport following frequent VIP and VVIP movements was held at the Airport premises this morning where measures were suggested to increase vigil and handle emergency services. According to Airport officials and Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, it was a routine meeting held twice a year where internal…
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