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While the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) continued to clasp connected to its presumption arsenic the 3rd busiest airdrome successful the country, successful 2025, the absorption was connected Bengaluru’s projected 2nd airport.
With the KIA projected to grip astir 80 to 90 cardinal rider postulation by the extremity of this decennary and expected to tally retired of capableness by aboriginal 2030’s, the State authorities began initiating plans for a 2nd airdrome for Bengaluru.
In April a high-level squad from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) inspected 3 sites astatine Choodahalli and Somanahalli connected Kanakapura Road, arsenic good arsenic different determination connected the Nelamangala-Kunigal Road.
Following its assessment, the AAI squad submitted its study to the authorities which has successful crook invited tenders to prime an adept consultancy steadfast to hole a determination suitability and broad method and fiscal feasibility study for the projected airport.
While the State authorities had identified 3 sites astir Bengaluru for the 2nd airport, immoderate legislators had suggested Sira successful Tumakuru territory arsenic a determination for it. However, the authorities had said that a greenfield planetary airdrome successful Sira was not viable.
New routes
Meanwhile astatine the KIA, respective caller routes and caller airlines some planetary and home were added to the existing ones strengthening its presumption arsenic a apical airdrome successful the region.
The enactment connected the Bengaluru Airport City, dispersed implicit 463 acres and which volition person concern parks, a planetary innovation hub, an acquisition and wellness district, a retail eating amusement (RDE) village, a performance arena, a normal and accumulation centre, a cognition park, an hospitality area, a logistics park, and a cardinal park, was besides successful afloat plaything during the year.
Lane segregation
Towards the extremity of the year, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), which operates the KIA, introduced a caller lane segregation strategy astatine the pick-up portion successful beforehand of the terminals.
While the BIAL defended the enhanced pick-up measures stating it would streamline rider movement, trim congestion, and amended safety, discipline, and wide convenience astatine accomplishment areas, immoderate passengers and cab drivers had opposed it. Many cab drivers staged protests against the caller rules.
