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August 29th, 2020 1:09 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bengaluru International Airport Gains Direct Connectivity to Tokyo, Jeddah and Munich

Bengaluru international airport, or better known as Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is all set to get three new International flights starting next month. In March, there would be three new flights which would connect various countries directly to Bengaluru. The first flight among these would be the direct flight from Bengaluru to Tokyo Narita airport. The flight would commence operations on March 29 and it would be a flight with... Read More

August 23rd, 2020 2:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bengaluru Airport To Become First Airport In India To Have Independent Parallel Runways

Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) is all set to hit the next milestone of becoming the first airport in India to have independent parallel runways. Once the parallel runway becomes operational, the airport will be able to handle up to 90 flights per hour or will have take-off and landing every 40 seconds. The second runway that will be located south of the existing runway is scheduled to be open... Read More

August 22nd, 2020 6:19 PM 1 COMMENTS

IndiGo to Construct New Aircraft Maintenance Repair & Overhaul facility at Bangalore International Airport

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, which operates one of India’s leading airlines, IndiGo has signed a 20-year agreement with Bangalore Airport with plans to build a new aircraft maintenance facility. The agreement has been signed between Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) – operator of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB) and InterGlobe Aviation and it outlines a 20-year contract between the two parties wherein the latter will sub-lease land at the BLR Airport... Read More

August 7th, 2020 5:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bangalore Airport Avails AirAsia Passengers Biometric Boarding

Technology has become a big part of everything that we do today. It has made things simpler and faster to go through. One place where we still feel like technology should take over already is airports. No one likes standing in the long queues at the airport. Be it for collecting boarding passes or for the security check-in, there is a long line every time. To solve that issue, Bangalore... Read More

July 17th, 2020 12:30 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bangalore International Airport Adds an Interim Terminal Alongside the Construction of Terminal 2

Besides building a second terminal (T2), Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) plans to open an interim terminal in a 3000 square meter building. This interim terminal will be a part of the existing terminal (T1). The interim terminal will have facilities such as new gates, baggage handling system for domestic arrivals, etc. The timeline to complete the terminal is the first quarter of 2020. Establishing an interim terminal will help... Read More

July 16th, 2020 6:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bengaluru International Airport Proposes Biometric-Based Technology To Reduce Immigration Queues

Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has proposed a new biometric-based technology to register the arrivals of the Indian citizens arriving at the airport. The technology will allow the Indian passport holders returning to the country to skip the lengthy immigration queues at the airport. Currently, the arrived passengers wait in the immigration queue and get their passports stamped. With the new technology, the passengers can get their iris/palm/thumb scanned and... Read More

July 16th, 2020 6:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

Pune Airport Blames Airlines for Not Starting UDAN Flights After Winning Bids: Report

Despite winning the bids for the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), the airlines are reluctant to start services from Pune airport, reports Times of India. SpiceJet, IndiGo, Alliance Air, Air Deccan, and Star Airlines had won the RCS bid for five destinations from Pune. Except for Alliance Air, none of them applied for slots at the airport for UDAN flights. There were empty slots at Pune airport, but none of the... Read More

July 16th, 2020 5:57 AM 0 COMMENTS

Kannur airport demonstrates an impressive growth in six months

Since the commencement, Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) is showing a drastic surge in terms of passenger growth and is exceeding the expectations of the authorities. The rate of growth of Kannur airport is far higher than the other new airports in the country. In the first month of inauguration after 9 December 2018, the airport reported a footfall of 31,269. Among the count, 15, 260 passengers were for international... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:54 AM 0 COMMENTS

Lounges in Bengaluru International Airport to Remain Partially Shut From This Month

Parts of domestic and international lounges at Bengaluru International Airport will remain shut from June 1, announced the authorities. The airport is commencing refurbishment works, and this can take up to March 2021. "The refurbishment of the lounges will take in two phases across 18-20 months," Bengaluru International Airport said in a statement released. The airport has four lounges, two in international security hold area (SHA) and the other two... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:54 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bangalore Airport Activates Digi Yatra with Vistara Bengaluru-Mumbai flight

Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has successfully rolled out Digi Yatra biometric boarding process, starting with one flight of the full-service carrier Vistara. Passengers boarding Vistara flight UK864 from Bengaluru to Mumbai will be the first group of flyers to avail the facility. Other Vistara flights will be integrated with Digi Yatra by the end of October. “Kempegowda International Airport on June 22 has successfully launched the fully biometric-based self-boarding... Read More

November 4th, 2019 10:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

Body Scanner for Passengers Installed at Hyderabad International Airport to Make Check-in Process Faster

Hyderabad International Airport now has a body scanner as well, which makes the check-in process for passengers efficient and hassle-free. GMR, which runs both Delhi and Hyderabad International Airports has installed a body scanner in the two airports. Besides Hyderabad and Delhi, International airports located in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru also has this advanced body scanning technology. So technically, Hyderabad becomes the fifth city in India to get a body... Read More

August 7th, 2019 9:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tickets From Bangalore Airport To Become Cheaper From August 16

The Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) has decided to reduce the User Development Fees (UDF) levied on the passengers flying out of Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. The fees will be revised to the old rates. The current UDF of Rs 1226 for international fares will come down to Rs 558. The present UDF of domestic passengers of Rs 306 will be revised to Rs 139, making the tickets a lot... Read More

July 30th, 2019 5:52 PM 0 COMMENTS

Preliminary Work For Bangalore Airport Metro Line To Commence Next Week

The soil test for 38-km KR Puram-Kempegowda International Airport line via Hebbal will begin next week. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has sought permission from the civic body BBMP for the same. According to the letter sent to the civic body, the metro line will pass through the K R Puram to Hebbal and continues on the right side of NH-44 over 5 metres of dedicated land between... Read More

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