Mysore Airport back to square one

Mysore: When Mysore got a workable airport in mid-2009, it started its operations with chartered flights. Now, it is back to square one, after the withdrawal of commercial services by the Kingfisher Airlines.
The Mysore Airport, built to handle 150 passengers, attended to chartered flights. Since November 7, when Kingfisher suspended its short-haul services to the city, the Rs 90-crore facility has handled two chartered flights. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has deputed 25 ground staff to manage the airport.
The AAI completed upgradation of the airport in May 2009, when the commercial flights were planned. As it took time, the airport came to be used extensively for special flights with business leaders and politicians using it. When the airport started commercial flights in October 2010, it had handled over 100 chartered flights with top politicians including B S Yeddyurappa and Narendra Modi taking the air route.
17/11/11 Times of India

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Categories: airports Nov 2011