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Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres, it is located about 35 km north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited, a public–private consortium. The airport …
Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over 16 square kilometres, it is located about 35 km north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited, a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to the increasingly congested HAL Airport, the original commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bengaluru. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar.
  • Location: Devanahalli, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India
  • Opened: 24 May 2008
  • Airport type: Public
  • Owner/Operator: Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) · Fairfax India Holdings (54%) · Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (20%) · Airports Authority of India (13%) · Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. (13%)
  • Serves: Bengaluru
  • Hub for: Air India · Alliance Air · DHL Aviation · FedEx Express · Star Air
  • Operating base for: Air India Express · Akasa Air · IndiGo
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