Bangalore's new airport to be launched soon

Bangalore: Bangalore’s new international airport has entered the trial mode as it races towards the opening date of March 30. The trials have been on for a few days at the Devanahalli site, 40 km away, where the Rs 1,900-crore greenfield project is coming up.

Next, all systems will be taken up for basic trials on January 15 after designated airport readiness experts approve the individual processes, a company release said. Currently, the buildings and systems are being commissioned, while the land and air sides are getting landscaped. All nine passenger boarding bridges are close to being commissioned. The airport company is readying the Universal Flight Information System, Flight Information Display System monitors, terminal building lights and CCTV cameras. Escalators and elevators, water and electricity systems are being tried out. On the airside, concreting of the pavement layer in the apron is on, as also the marking of the runway, taxiways and the construction of the airside perimeter road.