Mysore’s airport is inching closer for commercial launch. Days after Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel stepped in to get it off the ground, there are indications that a private operator could be moving the civil aviation ministry with the flight plan, a prerequisite for the commercial operations of the facility. The AAI facility has handled 160 chartered flights in a year since April 2009. This has indicated the potential and significance the tourism hub has for air traffic. Now, the Mysore Zone of the Confederation of Indian Industry which has conducted a survey has figures to back the projection. Mysore’s business believes there’s a profitable opportunity for airlines to have an early morning and a late night flight Mysore’s airport is inching closer for commercial launch. Days after Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel stepped in to get it off the ground, there are indications that a private operator could be moving the civil aviation ministry with the flight plan, a prerequisite for the commercial operations of the facility. The AAI facility has handled 160 chartered flights in a year since April 2009. This has indicated the potential and significance the tourism hub has for air traffic. Now, the Mysore Zone of the Confederation of Indian Industry which Mysore’s airport is inching closer for commercial launch. Days after Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel stepped in to get it off the ground, there are indications that a private operator could be moving the civil aviation ministry with the flight plan, a prerequisite for the commercial operations of the facility. The AAI facility has handled 160 chartered flights in a year since April 2009. This has indicated the potential and significance the tourism hub has for air traffic. Now, the Mysore Zone of the Confederation of Indian Industry which has conducted a survey has figures to back the projection. Mysore’s business believes there’s a profitable opportunity for airlines to have an early morning and a late night flight between Mysore and Bangalore. The CII survey found that 75% of the respondents favoured “catchment flights” to Bangalore that would allow Mysoreans to catch connecting flights to places like Delhi or Mumbai, and similarly a late night flight from Bangalore for Mysoreans coming from those destinations. A flight at about 5 am, which would take about 35 minutes to reach Bangalore and cost about Rs 3,000, is being seen as a viable proposition.
First favoured destination Bangalore
Second favoured destination for a flight was Chennai
Flights to Hyderabad and Mumbai came in as third preference conducted a survey has figures to back the projection. Mysore’s business believes there’s a profitable opportunity for airlines to have an early morning and a late night flight between Mysore and Bangalore. The CII survey found that 75% of the respondents favoured “catchment flights” to Bangalore that would allow Mysoreans to catch connecting flights to places like Delhi or Mumbai, and similarly a late night flight from Bangalore for Mysoreans coming from those destinations. A flight at about 5 am, which would take about 35 minutes to reach Bangalore and cost about Rs 3,000, is being seen as a viable proposition.
First favoured destination Bangalore
Second favoured destination for a flight was Chennai
Flights to Hyderabad and Mumbai came in as third preference Mysore and Bangalore. The CII survey found that 75% of the respondents favoured “catchment flights” to Bangalore that would allow Mysoreans to catch connecting flights to places like Delhi or Mumbai, and similarly a late night flight from Bangalore for Mysoreans coming from those destinations. A flight at about 5 am, which would take about 35 minutes to reach Bangalore and cost about Rs 3,000, is being seen as a viable proposition.
First favoured destination Bangalore
Second favoured destination for a flight was Chennai
Flights to Hyderabad and Mumbai came in as third preference
