Question : NEW FLIGHTS FROM BENGALURU AIRPORT



(a) whether the new flights from Bengaluru International Airport has been introduced to other countries;

(b) if so, the details of the same for the last one year till date; and

(c) the details of International flights scrapped from the airport during the last two years?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION(SHRI PRAFUL PATEL)

(a) and (b) : Air India has international operations from Bangaluru to Singapore, Maldives, UAE (Dubai) and Oman and Kingfisher Airlines has to Dubai.Apart from these, 14 foreign carriers have operations to/from Bangaluru.Among these,Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, Oman Air,Tiger Airways and Saudi Arabian Airlines have introduced services during the last year.

(c): During the last two years, Jet Airways has discontinued its services to Brussels and Kingfisher Airlines has discontinued its services to London and Colombo from Bangaluru.No foreign airline has discontinued their operations from Bangaluru in the last two years.