Activists demand to rename all seven airports in Karnataka after eminent personalities of the region Mysore/Mysuru: Amidst talks about the extension of the runway at the Mysore Airport, a group of activists under the banner of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Kendra Samithi, Bengaluru and Akhila Bharatha Vokkaliga Mahasabha, Mysuru have demanded the Airport be named after Nalwadi…
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…
Mysore Airport runway expansion set to take off
April 17, 2022Cabinet releases Rs. 319.13 crore; decks cleared for land acquisition Mysore/Mysuru: Just weeks after he presented the State Budget where he had announced that the Mysore Airport Runway Expansion will be taken up along with the Centre, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has released Rs. 319.13 crore for the project. The consent to the project was…
Mysore Airport runway expansion: ‘Process will be speeded up’
April 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Expressing happiness over the release of funds for Airport expansion land acquisition, Mysore Airport Director R. Manjunath said that now that the land issue will surely be sorted out, the runway expansion process will be speeded up. “Due to MP Pratap Simha’s persistent efforts, we are seeing good results today. The Airports Authority of…
Mysore Airport infra works in full swing
February 8, 2022To facilitate expansion of runway to handle bigger flights Budget allocation expected as CM has assured grants, says MP Mysore/Mysuru: Works are going on in full swing to level the areas around the existing runway of the Mysore Airport at Mandakalli and these capacity increasing works will facilitate the proposed runway expansion for bigger flights…
Cabinet to clear Rs. 400 crore for runway expansion: MP
February 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: At present, the Mysore Airport has a single runway of 1,740 metres in length which is only suitable for ATR planes providing short-haul flight operations. The existing Airport is spread over 507 acres and under the expansion project, the length of the runway will be increased to 2,750 metres and 45 metres width that…
Air travel picks up
October 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Air travel bookings from Mysuru have gathered pace in the festive season offering hopes of a full revival for the sector battered by the COVID pandemic. Near-full occupancy trend started last month and now all the flights from Mysuru are taking off and landing with at least 60 to 65 passengers in a 72-seater…
Mysore Airport to remain as civilian airport: Pratap Simha
September 29, 2021MP scuttles move to shift IAF Helicopter Training Centre Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Airport at Mandakalli will not be handed over to Indian Air Force (IAF) to set up its Helicopter Training Centre and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has agreed not to do so. This was disclosed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha who attended…
Civil Aviation Minister writes to CM on Mysore Airport
August 29, 2021Seeks speedy land acquisition of 240 acres to expand runway Mysore/Mysuru: Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has written to Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai seeking his personal intervention in expediting projects including Mysore Airport at Mandakalli in order to strengthen aviation infrastructure in the State. Airports Authority of India (AAI) has embarked upon the development…
K.R. Circle, Mysore Airport illuminated in Tricolour
August 16, 2021As part of 75th Independence Day, many Circles and prominent buildings in city were lit up in the colours of the Indian National Flag on Saturday and Sunday night. Pictures above show K.R. Circle and the Mysore Airport in Mandakalli illuminated in Tricolour.
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