Is it time to reopen Bengaluru’s HAL Airport or build a third aerodrome?
In an explosive multi-pronged growth mode, Bengaluru’s massive population and industry had always mandated at least two fully functional commercial airports. With the Bangalore International Airport Limited Managing Director Hari Marar articulating that need recently, the spotlight has shifted back to an old proposal to build a “third airport” after reopening the old HAL Airport. The contract bars commercial flights from operating at the HAL airport — located within a 150 km radius of KIA — for 25 years after the new aerodrome opened in May 2008. Build along Mysuru Road corridor This is why a 2020 proposal by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce to build an airport between Bengaluru and Mysuru becomes critical. A new airport, the report said, would ensure rapid growth and development in the southern catchment, including Ramanagara, Bidadi, and Channapatna along the Mysuru Road corridor, besides Electronics City and Whitefield.
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