Bengaluru International Airport takes wings
BANGALORE: After 17 years of wrangling, delay and innumerable rounds of litigations and talks, the new Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) at Devanahalli became operational tonight. A couple of domestic flights landed at the new airport before midnight and the first international flight - Air India’s flight to Singapore - took off shortly after midnight. Read the rest of this entry »
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