kempegowda international airport is the name of the airport in bangalore.
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kempegowda international airport
bangalore is served by kempegowda international airport , located at devanahalli, about from the city centre. it was formerly called bangalore international airport. the airport started operations from 24 may 2008 and is a private airport managed by a consortium led by the gvk group. the city was earlier served by the hal airport at vimanapura, a residential locality in the eastern part of the city. the airport is third-busiest in india after delhi and mumbai in terms of passenger traffic and the number of air traffic movements (atms). taxis and air conditioned volvo buses operated by bmtc connect the airport with the city.
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under the leadership of sir mirza ismail, diwan of mysore, the hindustan aeronautics limited (hal), a public sector undertaking was established in bangalore for the purposes of research and development of fighter aircraft in the 1940s. the hal operated an airport for test-flights. the directorate general of civil aviation (dgca) obtained a small piece of land, known as "civil enclave" for the construction of a civil airport terminal in the hal airport for handling peak-hour traffic of 300 passengers. by 1991, peak-hour traffic to bangalore had increased to 1,800 passengers, making hal the fourth busiest airport in the country by 2004. when a tender was issued in 1991 by the government of karnataka for the construction of the bangalore international airport, hal decided to discontinue civil aviation service. this led to a prolonged three way tussle for operational ownership between the hal, the government of karnataka. construction of the bangalore international airport (bial) was repeatedly delayed due to a lack of agreement between successive administrations and the private consortium over operational ownership of the international airport and the status of hal airport upon the completion of construction of the international airport. clearance for the construction of the us$288 million airport was eventually granted in june 2004. the major stakeholders of this project include siemens, zurich airport, larsen & toubro consortium, airports authority of india and karnataka state investment and industrial development corporation. construction work on the airport began in march 2005.
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