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98-601: Kempegowda International Airport ( IATA : BLR , ICAO : VOBL ) is an international airport serving Bengaluru , the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka . Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 35 km (22 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli . It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium . The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport ,

196-661: A special purpose entity and began searching for partners. By November, the project had attracted Unique Zürich Airport , Siemens Project Ventures and Larsen & Toubro . Construction was expected to begin in October 2002; however, governmental delays persisted. The union cabinet approved the project in February 2000. The concession agreement between the State Government, the Union Government and BIAL

294-500: A bid for Air India , and completely bought Air Asia India . He has mentioned the future strategy is to focus on healthcare, electronics, and digital. Tata Owned Air India got approval to acquire AirAsia India , nearly two months after putting forth the proposal. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of the entire shareholding in Air Asia India by Tata-owned Air India. The chairman of Tata Sons

392-509: A consortium of Tata Group , Raytheon and Singapore Changi Airport signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Government regarding participation in the project. In June 1998, however, the consortium announced it was pulling out of the project due to delays in government approval. These included disputes over the location of the airport and the fate of HAL Airport. In May 1999, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and

490-603: A controlling interest. New sectors such as chemicals, technology, cosmetics, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, tea, and software services earned them recognition. In 1932, JRD founded an airline, known as Tata Air Services (later renamed Tata Airlines). In 1953, the Government of India passed the Air Corporations Act and purchased a majority stake in the carrier from Tata Sons , though JRD Tata would continue as chairman till 1977. In 1945, Tata Motors

588-567: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

686-587: A profit after two years. In 1874, he set up another cotton mill at Nagpur named Empress Mill. He dreamed of achieving four goals, setting up an iron and steel company, a unique hotel, a world-class learning institution, and a hydroelectric plant . During his lifetime, in 1903, the Taj Mahal Hotel at Colaba waterfront was opened making it the first hotel with electricity in British India. After Jamsetji's death, his older son Dorabji Tata became

784-490: A residential building for executive education programmers on the institute's campus in Boston , Massachusetts . The building, now known as Tata Hall, is the largest endowment received by Harvard Business School from an international donor. In 2017, Tata Trusts gifted US$ 70 million to University of California, San Diego and also partnered with it in setting up Tata Institute for Genetics and Society(TIGS) to address some of

882-459: A scheduled flight to San Francisco aboard Boeing 777s in December 2022. The second phase of expansion is complete, which encompassed the construction of a second runway and a passenger terminal in two phases. When fully completed, Kempegowda International Airport is now able to handle 55 million passengers per year. The estimated ₹ 40 billion (US$ 480 million) project received clearance from

980-529: A transit hotel in the terminal. For VIPs there is a separate 930-square-metre (10,000 sq ft) lounge. There are two lounges in Terminal 1, the 080 Domestic and the 080 International lounges. Named "080" after the trunk dial code of the city of Bangalore, the lounges aim to pay an ode to the Garden City of Bangalore with local artistry, culture-inspired interiors and botanical elements, each zone in

1078-515: A tribute to the "Garden City" of Bangalore by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed by Larsen & Toubro was inaugurated on 11 November 2022, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and began operations in January 2023. The first phase of terminal 2, built at a cost of around ₹ 5,000 crore, with a size of 255,000 sq.m., will help augment the capacity of the airport by an additional 25 million passengers per annum. The second phase of terminal 2

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1176-473: A village about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Bangalore. The State Government made a proposal to build the airport with private assistance, which the Union Government approved in 1994. Finally in 1995, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Government of Karnataka decided to call for international consortia to own, build and operate the new Greenfield airport of the city. In December 1995,

1274-415: A volume of around 218,000 ft.², has capacity for narrow-body aircraft and houses a single bay catering for widebody aircraft. The MRO is completed and is operational since November 2022. As per a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding, Air India will establish Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facilities at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru starting with Airframe Maintenance through

1372-509: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

1470-497: Is a new animal welfare effort that Ratan Tata has started. This hospital, which is scheduled to open in March 2024 , will be an innovative facility committed to provide modern medical care for pets, including dogs, cats, and rabbits. Ratan Tata is personally passionate about the idea, which was sparked by his own pet-related experiences. Most of the philanthropic activities of the group are carried out by various trusts incorporated by

1568-684: Is an Indian group of companies headquartered in Mumbai . Established in 1868, it is India's largest business conglomerate , with products and services in over 160 countries, and operations in 100 countries. There are total 29 publicly listed Tata Group companies with a combined market capitalisation of ₹33.7 trillion (US$ 403 billion) as of 20 August 2024. Major affiliates include Tata Consultancy Services , Tata Motors , Tata Steel , Tata Power , Titan , Tata Projects , Air India , Indian Hotels Company , Tata Consumer Products , Voltas , Trent , Cromā and BigBasket . Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata

1666-617: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

1764-523: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1862-569: Is held by private companies Fairfax Financial (54%) and Siemens Project Ventures (20%). In March 2021 the Airports Authority of India announced their plans to sell their 13% stake in order to raise funds. Between FY 2022–2025, the government aims to raise as much as ₹20,782 crore through aviation. The process will start with the selling of stakes of Bangalore Airport followed by Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi. Kempegowda International Airport has two runways in use. Four years after it

1960-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

2058-543: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

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2156-569: Is operated by AISATS (Air India Singapore Airport Terminal Services) Ltd and has a capacity for 150,000 tonnes (170,000 short tons) of cargo; it includes a facility for storing pharmaceuticals . DHL and Blue Dart Aviation jointly operate a 20,500-square-metre (221,000 sq ft) terminal. The third cargo terminal is operated by Menzies Aviation Bobba (Bangalore) Pvt. Ltd, a joint venture between Menzies Aviation and Bobba Group (a sales agency for Lufthansa Cargo ). The 170,000 sq ft. cargo terminal began operations in May 2008.The terminal has

2254-475: Is planned and is expected to provide an additional capacity of 20 million passengers per annum, thereby increasing the overall capacity of the terminal to over 45 million passengers per annum. Construction of the first phase of terminal 2 commenced in 2018, but the project faced delays owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The arrivals area of terminal 2 is situated on the ground floor, while departures are planned on

2352-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

2450-739: Is usually the chairman of the Tata Group. As of 2020, there have been seven chairmen of Tata Group. Tata Group has helped establish and finance numerous research, educational and cultural institutes in India, and received the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy . In 2008, Tata Group donated US$ 50 million to Cornell University for "agricultural and nutrition programs in India and for the education of Indian students at Cornell." In 2010, Tata Group donated INR 2.20 billion (US$ 50 million) to Harvard Business School to build an academic and

2548-571: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

2646-646: The Kannan Devan Hill (Resumption of Lands) Act, 1971, and there was a shortage of 278.23 hectares (2.7823 km ) in that. The Chief Minister of Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan , who vowed to evict all on government land in Munnar, formed a special squad for the Munnar land takeover mission and started acquiring back properties. However, the mission was aborted due to both influential landholders and opposition from Achuthanandan's own party. On 2 January 2006, Kalinganagar , Tribal Orissa villagers protested against

2744-532: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in September 2014. The airport is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public limited company . The Government of India has granted BIAL the right to operate the airport for 30 years, with the option to continue for another 30 years. The company is a public–private consortium venture. GVK initially owned 43% of

2842-607: The shares in Bangalore Airport. In 2016, GVK decided to divest its 33% share of in BIAL to Fairfax Financial for ₹2149 cr. In March 2017, GVK confirmed having done so. Finally, in January 2018, GVK decided to sell the remaining 10% shares to Fairfax India Holdings for ₹1,290 crore and exit Bangalore Airport completely. 26% is held by government entities Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation (13%) and Airports Authority of India (13%), and 74%

2940-551: The Blue Dart/DHL terminal to the passenger terminal. The construction of the second runway at the airport is now complete, and was officially in use from 6 December 2019, when an IndiGo airlines flight (6E 466) to Hyderabad took off from runway 09R. The runway will cater to all types of aircraft including Code-F aircraft like Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8 and is equipped with CAT IIIB ILS . The runway also features an associated parallel taxiway and two cross-field taxiways on

3038-479: The Gahirmatha Sanctuary and Bhitarkanika National Park by Indian and international organisations, including Greenpeace ; Gahirmatha Beach is one of the world's largest mass nesting sites for the olive ridley turtle , and India's second largest mangrove forest, Bhitarkanika , is a designated Ramsar site , and critics claimed that the port could disrupt mass nesting at Gahirmtha beaches as well as

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3136-499: The Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) of the State Government signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the nature of the project. It would be a public–private partnership , with AAI and KSIIDC having a 26% share and private companies having the remaining 74%. In January 2001, the State Government created the company Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) as

3234-977: The Nano project. On 31 August 2016, in a historic judgement, the Honorable Supreme Court of India set aside the land acquisition by the West Bengal Government in 2006 that had facilitated Tata Motors' Nano plant, stating that the West Bengal government had not taken possession of the land legally, and were now required to repossess and return it to local farmers within 12 weeks without compensation. The Port of Dhamara has received significant coverage, sparking controversy in India, and in Tata's emerging global markets. The Dhamra port, an equal joint venture between Tata Steel and Larsen & Toubro , has been criticised for its proximity to

3332-674: The State Government decided to go ahead with inaugurating the new airport and closing HAL Airport. The first flight to the airport, Air India Flight 609 from Mumbai , was allowed to land the previous night as it would be continuing to Singapore shortly after midnight. The aircraft touched down at 10:40 pm on 23 May. The airport became the third greenfield airport under a public–private partnership to open in India, after Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad and Cochin International Airport . The original name of

3430-471: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Tata Group The Tata Group ( / ˈ t ɑː t ɑː / )

3528-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

3626-519: The academy, who conducts workshops on a regular basis. The iFly learning academy of IndiGo Airlines facilitates special trainings throughout the year to its employees, including skills for required for on-job performance, customer services, ramp and marshalling training, safety and emergency procedures, departure control system, communication and leadership training and e-learning to name a few. IndiGo has its second facility to service their fleet of predominantly Airbus aircraft. The facility, which has

3724-514: The airport in 2014. The first phase of expansion was launched in June 2011 and finished in December 2013. The ₹ 15 billion (US$ 180 million) project doubled the size of the passenger terminal to 150,556 square metres (1,620,570 sq ft), involving the construction of additional facilities for check-in, immigration, security and baggage reclaim. One domestic gate and three international gates were added as well. A large, sweeping roof connects

3822-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

3920-521: The airport through its aviation catering associate Taj SATS and ground handling associate AISATS. The facility will be located at the Kempegowda International Airport and is expected to be operational in the year 2022. As a part of the airport's latest master plan, Terminal 1 will be refurbished. This involves reconfiguring the terminal's security systems, baggage handling and other mechanisms to handle domestic operations. At

4018-458: The airport was "Bangalore International Airport". In February 2009, the State Government sent a proposal to the Union Government to rename the airport after the founder of Bangalore, Kempe Gowda I . When no action was taken, the State Government passed a resolution for the name change in December 2011. The Union Government accepted the proposal in 2012 and formally approved it in July 2013. The airport

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4116-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

4214-419: The capacity to handle 280,000 tonnes (310,000 short tons) tons of cargo annually. BIAL inaugurated a separate cargo village in December 2008. The village is spread over 11 acres (4.5 ha) and includes office space, conference rooms, a cafeteria for staff and parking space for nearly 80 trucks. It did not open for occupation until 2010 and initially suffered low occupancy, which some cargo agents attributed to

4312-526: The cargo village and passenger terminal. It was built by Indian Oil Skytanking Ltd (IOSL) but is shared by multiple oil companies. In October 2008, Indian Oil commissioned a 36-kilometre (22 mi) fuel pipeline between its storage terminal in Devanagonthi and Kempegowda Airport. Previously, jet fuel had to be transported to the airport by tank trucks , which created traffic and pollution problems. Kempegowda Airport has three cargo terminals. One

4410-514: The chairman in 1904. Sir Dorabji established the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), now known as Tata Steel in 1907. Marking the group's global ambitions, Tata Limited opened its first overseas office in London . Following the founder's goals, Western India's first hydro plant was brought to life, giving birth to Tata Power . Yet another dream, Indian Institute of Science was established with

4508-485: The city rose, HAL Airport with a single runway and limited aircraft parking space was unable to cope with this increased traffic. There was no room for expansion and the airport apron could only park six aircraft. In March 1991, former chairman of the National Airports Authority of India (NAAI) S. Ramanathan convened a panel to select the site for a new airport. The panel decided on Devanahalli ,

4606-483: The closure of HAL Airport along with Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad, fearing they would lose their jobs. The Bangalore City Connect Foundation, a group of citizens and businessmen, staged a rally in mid-May, claiming the new airport was too small for the latest demand projections. On 23 May, a hearing was held at the Karnataka High Court over poor connectivity between the city and the airport. Ultimately,

4704-502: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

4802-518: The conclusion of the refurbishment, Terminal 1 will be capable of handling up to 35 million passengers annually. The next part of the master plan involves completing Phase 2 of Terminal 2, which will augment the capacity of the terminal with an additional 20 million passengers per annum. There are also plans to build an APM (Advanced Passenger Mover) system, similar to a train, that will allow passengers to seamlessly connect between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, and eventually to Terminal 3. The final phase of

4900-408: The construction of a new steel plant for Tata Steel on land historically owned by them. Some of the villagers had been evicted without adequate relocation. Police retribution was brutal: 37 protesters were injured and 13 killed, including 3 women and a 13-year-old boy. One policeman was hacked to death by a mob after police had opened fire on protestors with tear gas and rubber bullets. Family members of

4998-723: The deceased villagers later claimed that the bodies had been mutilated during post-mortem examination. In December 2006, Myanmar's chief of general staff, General Thura Shwe Mann, visited the Tata Motors plant in Pune. In 2009, Tata Motors announced that it would manufacture trucks in Myanmar. Tata Motors reported that these contracts to supply hardware and automobiles to Burma's military were subsequently criticised by human rights activists. The Singur controversy in West Bengal

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5096-444: The design for the airport's western cross-field taxiway is almost complete, with civil works set to begin in the first quarter of 2025. Approximately 1.4km in length, the two parallel taxiways will link the airport's two runways on the western side of the airfield and will be able to accommodate Code-F aircraft. The taxiway will cross the main access road, the north cargo road and the upcoming Airport metro corridor . If all goes to plan,

5194-421: The development of Wide-Body and Narrow-Body hangars for all checks, including heavy structural checks.The MRO will be built on a 35-acre land parcel and is expected to be operational in early 2026. Food services provider SATS proposed to set up their first central kitchen, a 14,000sqm facility with an investment of Rs. 210 crore to cater to the demand in the region. SATS already has a long-standing partnership with

5292-410: The east linking the new runway to the existing north runway and the aprons at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. The first runway (09L/27R) was also upgraded as part of the expansion work. The old runway (Runway 09L/27R) was closed from 22 June 2020 for nine months for rehabilitation and strengthening. The runway was opened for service again on 31 March 2021 and put into service with the south runway, making KIA

5390-584: The ecology of the Bitharkanika mangrove forest. Tata Steel employed mitigation measures set by the project's official advisor, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the company pledged to "adopt all its recommendations without exception" when conservation organisations asserted that a thorough environmental impact analysis had not been done for the project, which had undergone changes in size and specifications since it

5488-934: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

5586-467: The entire project was Rs 1,930 crore (approximately US$ 430 million). Construction finally commenced on 2 July 2005. When a study predicted the airport would receive 6.7 million passengers in 2008, the airport was redesigned from its initial capacity of 4.5 million passengers to 11 million, with the terminal size expanded and the number of aircraft stands increased. The cost of the airport rose to ₹ 19.3 billion (US$ 230 million). Construction

5684-447: The first airline to operate out of the new terminal. On 12 September 2023, Terminal 2 started handling all international operations, with Saudia operating the first international arrival to Terminal 2. In additional to handling all international operations, Terminal 2 also handles domestic flights operated by Air India , Air India Express , Vistara and Star Air . The airport has a fuel farm, spread over 11 acres (4.5 ha) west of

5782-663: The first airport in South India to have parallel runway operations. The north runway (09L/27R) currently has the infrastructure and approvals for low visibility takeoffs, allowing departures when the runway visual range (RVR) is as low as 125m. Civil works are underway to upgrade this runway to have a CAT IIIB ILS system and is expected to be completed by December 2024. A single integrated passenger terminal accommodates domestic operations. It covers 150,556 m (1,620,570 sq ft) and can handle 20 million passengers annually. Check-in and baggage reclaim areas are situated on

5880-544: The first floor. The first phase of terminal 2 features 95 check-in counters, 17 security check lanes, 9 baggage claim belts, 34 conventional and 6 electronic immigration gates. With provisions for tarmac gates and jet bridge gates, including Code-F gates to handle larger aircraft like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8 , the first phase of terminal 2 started with domestic operations on 15 January 2023, with Star Air being

5978-442: The first group of students admitted in 1911. J. R. D. Tata was made chairman of the Tata Group in 1938. Under his chairmanship, the assets of the Tata Group grew from US$ 101 million to over US$ 5 billion. Starting with 14 enterprises, upon his departure half a century later in 1988, Tata Sons had grown to a conglomerate of 95 enterprises. These enterprises consisted of ventures that the company had either started or in which they held

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6076-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

6174-412: The first year of operations in 2008. However, HAL Airport had handled over 8 million passengers by the time the construction of the new greenfield airport started. It took more than nine months to redesign the process along with gaining the necessary approvals, and when the approval for increased project was sanctioned, the construction was half done. The project was well on track despite the challenge and

6272-478: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

6370-597: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

6468-487: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

6566-547: The lake, and then disposing the water back to the lake. This process could interrupt the chemical makeup of the lake. 22 African nations signed a petition to stop its construction. In April 2016, a U.S. Federal Grand Jury awarded Epic Systems a US$ 940 million judgement against Tata Consultancy Services and Tata America International Corp. Filed 31 October 2014; the suit charged that "6,477 unauthorized downloads could be used to enhance Tata's competing product, Med Mantra." In 2017, U.S. District Court Judge William Conley reduced

6664-403: The lounge is carefully crafted to bring alive the stories of the city it is inspired by. Both the lounges are operated by Travel Food Services. Since 12 September 2023, Terminal 1 has been handling only domestic flights operated by IndiGo , Akasa Air , Alliance Air and SpiceJet , following the transfer of all international operations to Terminal 2. The airport's second terminal, designed as

6762-512: The lower floor, while departure gates are located on the first floor. Gates 1, 2, 12–18, 28–30 on the first floor are used for domestic departures, gates 31–42 on the first floor were used for international departures, gates 3–9 and gates 19–25 form the Western and Eastern bus gates respectively. Gate 41–42 is equipped to serve the world's largest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380 . Lounges are provided by Travel Food Services, which also operates

6860-457: The master plan involves identifying a location for Terminal 3, though this is expected only in the late 2020s or the early 2030s depending on passenger traffic. In the interim, several infrastructure projects such as construction of the Airport's Metro stations, MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) facility for Air India and a new Western cross-field taxiway are planned. As of October 2024,

6958-561: The members of the Tata family . The company has attracted controversy for reports of political corruption , cronyism , theft, mass killings, and exploitation of its customers, Indian citizens, and natural resources. The Kerala Government filed an affidavit in the high court alleging that Tata Tea had "grabbed" forest land of 3,000 acres (12 km ) at Munnar . The Tatas provided that they possessed 58,741.82 acres (237.7197 km ) of land, which they are allowed to retain under

7056-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

7154-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

7252-411: The opening delay, high rent and limited infrastructure. On 4 September 2019, India 's leading airline, IndiGo announced that it will extend its learning academy, iFly to Bangalore, its 2nd such facility in India. The facility will be built in the Airport campus. Starting 6 September 2019, iFly facilitated training to the airline employees. With over 27,000 employees, there are over 100 instructors in

7350-492: The original building with the expanded areas. The expanded terminal, dubbed "Terminal 1A", has raised the annual passenger capacity of the airport to 25 million. In September 2022, Qantas began flying to Sydney with Airbus A330s. This is the first nonstop service between Bangalore and Australia. The following month, Emirates introduced the Airbus A380 , the world's largest passenger plane, on one of its flights to Dubai, marking Bangalore's first A380 service. Air India started

7448-512: The original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I , the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport, developed by CleanMax Solar. The airport is the third-busiest airport in India , behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai . It is the 25th busiest airport in Asia , and the 56th busiest airport in

7546-506: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

7644-500: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

7742-812: The taxiway is set to be commissioned 36 months after the start of construction. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

7840-515: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

7938-883: The university, to collaborate on promoting next-generation technologies that will drive the Fourth Industrial Revolution , including cognitive systems and autonomous vehicles. In 2017, the Tata Football Academy won the bid to form the Jamshedpur FC , a football club based on Jamshedpur of Jharkhand in the 4th edition of the Indian Super League . In 2020, Tata Group has donated INR 15 billion to PM Cares Fund to fight against COVID-19 pandemic in India. In 2024, The Tata Trusts Small Animal Hospital in Mumbai

8036-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

8134-420: The world's most pressing issues, ranging from public health to agriculture. In recognition of the donation, the building which houses TIGS has been named Tata Hall. It is also the largest international donation made to University of California, San Diego. In 2017, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) donated an unprecedented US$ 35 million grant to Carnegie Mellon University , the largest ever industry donation to

8232-429: The world. In FY 2023–24, the airport handled over 37.5 million passengers and 439,495 tonnes (484,460 short tons) of cargo. The airport offers connecting flights to all six inhabited continents, and direct flights to five of them. The airport has two passenger terminals that handles both domestic and international operations, and two runways, the second of which was commissioned on 6 December 2019. The second terminal

8330-617: The year 2008, it acquired Jaguar and Land Rover . The company's subsidiary Tata Motors launched the Tata Nano which they presented as "the world’s most affordable car" in 2008. In 2017, Natarajan Chandrasekaran was appointed chairman. He was instrumental in restructuring business verticals and increasing promoter stake ownership in companies. Under his leadership, the group made acquisitions through insolvency law and investments in E-commerce, expanded its airline business by winning

8428-449: Was HAL Airport , located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre. It was the primary airport serving Bangalore city until 2008. Originally established in 1942 for military and defence purposes, HAL began domestic operations for the first time in the late 1970s. The unexpected popularity of the newly offered domestic flights encouraged rapid expansion of the airport. In the late 1990s, the first international flights started. Air India

8526-623: Was a series of protests by locals and political parties over the forced acquisition, eviction, and inadequate compensation to those farmers displaced for the Tata Nano plant, during which Mamata Banerjee's party was widely criticised as acting for political gain. Despite the support of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) state government , Tata eventually pulled the project out of West Bengal, citing safety concerns. Narendra Modi , then Chief Minister of Gujarat , made land available for

8624-621: Was born in 1839. Tata graduated from Elphinstone College in Bombay in 1858. Shortly afterwards, he joined his father's trading firm that dealt in general merchandise. There, the junior Tata took a special interest in developing trade with China. When the American Civil War caused a boom in the Bombay cotton market, Tata and his father joined the Asiatic Banking Corporation . When the tide ebbed, Tata's credit

8722-412: Was completed in 32 months, and BIAL set the launch date for 30 March 2008. However, due to delays in establishing air traffic control services at the airport, the launch date was pushed to 11 May and finally 24 May 2008. As the opening date for the airport approached, public criticism arose, mainly directed toward the closure of HAL Airport. In March 2008, AAI employees conducted a massive strike against

8820-590: Was expected to be ready by its initial given open date. The revised increased capacity project was constructed to cater to eleven million passengers per annum, up from the previous plan of 5 million passengers per annum. BIAL increased project had plans to build a terminal with eight passengers boarding bridges, one double arm aerobridge, nine remote bus gates and a runway measuring 4,000 metres with efficient taxiways. BIAL also planned to build an apron with 42 Code-C aircraft stands (with eight contact stands) as well as an air- and land-side road system. The estimated cost for

8918-536: Was first proposed. In 2007, Tata Group joined forces with a Tanzanian company to build a soda ash extraction plant in Tanzania. Environmental activists oppose the plant because it would be near Lake Natron , and it has a very high chance of affecting the lake's ecosystem and its neighbouring dwellers, jeopardising endangered lesser flamingo birds. Lake Natron is where two-thirds of lesser flamingos reproduce. Producing soda ash involves drawing out salt water from

9016-518: Was founded, first focused on locomotives. In 1954, it entered the commercial vehicle market after forming a joint venture with Daimler-Benz . In 1968, Tata Consultancy Services was founded. In 1991, Ratan Tata became chairman of Tata Group. This was also the year of economic liberalization in India , opening up the market to foreign competitors. During this time, Tata Group began to acquire several companies. Tata Group bought Tetley In February 2000. After that, it acquired Corus Group in 2007. In

9114-483: Was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2022 and began domestic operations in January 2023, with all international operations moved to the new terminal in September 2023. There is also a cargo village and three cargo terminals. The airport serves as a hub for Air India , Alliance Air , DHL Aviation , FedEx Express , and Star Air , as well as an operating base for Air India Express , Akasa Air , and IndiGo . The original airport serving Bangalore

9212-402: Was laid, the first runway (now designated 09L/27R) was entirely resurfaced because of a serious decline in quality. From 11 March to 3 April 2012, it was closed daily between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm. As a result, BIAL accused construction company Larsen & Toubro of building the runway poorly. South of runway 09L/27R are a full-length parallel taxiway and the apron , which extends from

9310-430: Was left desolate. Fortunately, the firm's credit was re-established during the next three years. A share in the lucrative contract for the commissariat of Napier's expedition to Abyssinia in 1868 restored the family fortune." In 1870 with Rs.21,000 capital, he founded a trading company. Further, he bought a bankrupt oil mill at Chinchpokli and converted it into a cotton mill, under the name Alexandra Mill which he sold for

9408-437: Was officially renamed "Kempegowda International Airport" on 14 December 2013 amid the inauguration of the expanded terminal building. Kingfisher Airlines once operated a hub and was one of the largest airlines at the airport. Following its collapse in October 2012, other airlines stepped in to fill the gap in domestic connectivity by adding more flights. In addition, Air Pegasus and AirAsia India launched hub operations at

9506-463: Was signed in July 2004. In it, BIAL required the closure of HAL Airport. It took nearly a decade from the initial stage of land allocation and acquisition, to signing of shareholder agreements in 2002 and until start of construction. During the formation of legal framework, BIAL's main observation was the unprecedented growth that aviation industry faced. BIAL, when the project was first designated, had anticipated traffic of approximately 5 million in

9604-440: Was the first airline to offer international flights, flying to Singapore . In 2000, the first foreign airline started operations from HAL Airport, with Royal Nepal Airlines to Kathmandu , followed by Lufthansa's A340 a year later from Germany . Several other major international carriers such as British Airways and Air France were already serving the old airport by 2005. However, as Bangalore grew and passenger traffic to

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