KIA all set to welcome A380 For the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the approval by the Centre to allow operations of Airbus A380 has come at time when the airport has just upgraded its infrastructure. On Monday, the Ministry removed the restrictions on A380 operations at four airports across the country. The other three being Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad, and the A380 operations are subject to the overall traffic entitlements within the bilateral Air Service Agreements (ASAs) with different countries. The airport operator, Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL), has completed the expansion of terminal T1 at a cost of Rs. 1,500 crore, involving upgradation of facilities to host A380. Though the infrastructure was inaugurated in the second week of December, the airport is awaiting approval of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to operate the facilities at the new terminal.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 07:26:29 +0000