Now commuters prefer Expressway or Vande Bharat Express to reach Bengaluru within two hours Mysore/Mysuru: There has been no Mysuru-Bengaluru flight since Nov. 2022 (exactly from Oct. 31, 2022), leaving the sector in limbo. At present, the Mysore Airport handles flights only to four destinations — Hyderabad, Chennai (two flights), Goa and Hubballi. Even the…
Mysuru-Sindhudurg flight serves no purpose: Stakeholders
January 31, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru travel and tourism stakeholders have said that the flight to Sindhudurg from Mysuru from Feb. 1 (tomorrow) is a futile exercise and a non-essential operation. They have instead demanded a daily flight to Kochi (Cochin) and additional flights to Goa from Mysuru, taking into consideration the route potential. As an indication of…
Govt. chalking out plans to contain man-wild animal conflict: CM
January 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the Government was working out viable plans for ending man-wild animal conflict, which is increasing by the day in the State, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that District-level Task Force has been formed in all districts for containing the menace, which has scared people, especially villagers. Speaking to press persons at Mysore…
Mock drill held to test quick response at Mysore Airport
December 14, 2022Mysore/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…
Mysore Airport Runway Expansion: Second instalment of Rs. 100 crore released
November 22, 2022Funds will be transferred to KIADB for speedy land acquisition, says MP Mysore/Mysuru: Months after he announced that Rs. 319.13 crore will be released for the Mysore Airport Runway Expansion project, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has released the second instalment of Rs. 100 crore. The first instalment of Rs. 50 crore was released some time…
Passenger movement at Mysore Airport doubles
October 29, 2022Businessmen, doctors, tourists prefer air travel as it is a faster mode of transport Mysore/Mysuru: Passenger traffic has increased exponentially from the Mysore Airport this year when compared to the last year. Of the eight Airports in Karnataka, only the Mysore Airport, Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Hubballi and Bidar airports saw an…
Fly to Chennai from Mysuru and return the same day
August 25, 2022Additional triweekly flight launched Mysore/Mysuru: An additional flight to Chennai was flagged off from the Mysore Airport last evening to bolster trade and tourism between the two cities. Now the people of Mysuru have an option to fly to Chennai in the morning by Alliance Air 9I568 at 11.30 am and be back to Mysuru…
Alliance Air to operate triweekly Mysuru-Chennai flight from Aug. 12
August 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines and mainly operates domestic routes as part of the Government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme, has announced a direct flight service connecting Mysuru and Chennai thrice a week with effect from Aug. 12 (tomorrow). The operator will deploy a 70-seat aircraft to connect the two cities, and the…
Fly directly to Tirupati, Agatti in Lakshadweep from Mysuru soon
July 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Very soon Mysureans can directly fly to Tirupati and bask in the sands of Agatti Islands in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep as the Mysore Airport authorities are finalising routes, pricing and packages for spiritual tourism and beach tourism. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Airport Director R. Manjunath said that there is…
Siddu Govt. had passed resolution to name Mysore Airport after Nalwadi: Prof. Nanjaraj Urs
July 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the credit war over naming of Mysore Airport in Mandakalli continues between the Congress and the BJP, Prof. P.V. Nanjaraj Urs has said that it was the Siddharamaiah led Congress Government which made the first move in this regard, by passing a Cabinet resolution to name airport after Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. Speaking…
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