Mysore/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…
Technical glitch forces Belagavi-Mysuru flight to make emergency landing at Chennai
November 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Technical glitch has forced the Belagavi-Mysuru TruJet flight to make an emergency landing at Chennai Airport on Monday. The flight was to make landing at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli at 8.10 pm on Monday, but due to a technical problem with the landing gear, the flight had to make an emergency landing at Chennai. …
Expand Mysore Airport runway to facilitate operation of Boeing planes
November 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Representatives from various fields have stressed the need for the much-delayed expansion of the runway of Mysore Airport at Mandakalli and to make provision for landing and take-off of Boeing planes. Participating in Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting held at the Airport premises yesterday, representatives from industries, education, tourism and other allied fields bemoaned…
Airport runway expansion works to begin soon: MP Simha
November 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The runway of Mysore Airport must be expanded if they wanted to provide air connectivity to other cities within the State and important places in other States, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Speaking at the Airport Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting here yesterday, he said the current length of the runway was 17 km and…
Online job portals swindling youths with fake airport job offers
November 5, 202015 to 20 youths have come to Mysore Airport asking for jobs since last three months, says Airport Director Mysore/Mysuru: A few online employment portals, taking advantage of youths who are rendered jobless due to COVID-19 pandemic, are allegedly collecting money to the tune of Rs. 30,000 each from youths promising them jobs at Mysore…
MP urges CM to release funds for Mysore Airport development
September 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, who met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday, submitted a memorandum seeking funds for development of Mysore Airport in Mandakalli and land acquisition for the Airport expansion. Responding to the MP’s plea, the Chief Minister has ordered the Finance Department Secretary to release Rs….
ADGP Bhaskar Rao inspects security at KRS, Airport
September 17, 2020‘Any security lapse will be treated as serious offence’ Mysore/Mysuru: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP-Internal Security Division) Bhaskar Rao inspected security arrangements at Mysore Airport in Mandakalli and also at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district yesterday. He arrived at the Airport at around 11.30 am and inspected security…
Two more years for Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane highway to be ready
September 3, 2020Extension work of Mysore Airport runway not started yet, says MP Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said that work on the ambitious Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-way lane (including service roads) being taken up at a cost of Rs. 2,550 crore is expected to be completed in two years. Speaking to media persons yesterday, the MP…
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…
Flights to and from Mysuru record only 20 percent occupancy
July 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Just as all other service and activities are devastated by the COVID-19 induced lockdown, airlines operating flight services to and from the city too have been badly affected by poor occupancy rates, as almost all flights arriving and departing from the city are witnessing an occupancy of just 20 percent on an average. As…
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