KIA awaits clearance for 530-acre airport city

Bengaluru: Bangalore International Airport Limited (BAIL), the operator of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) informed that a proposed airport city at the KIA will include three business parks which will be built over 40 acres. Speaking with this regard BIAL managing director and CEO Hari Marar informed that the city complex is planned as part of the airport’s Phase 2 expansion project and is currently awaiting regulatory approvals. The entire project will be spread out over 530 acres and will have a mall, a retail dining entertainment village, live entertainment centre, luxury and business hotels, serviced apartments and 10-acre multi-level car parking facilities. Earlier this month, the KIA became the first airport in the country to operate two parallel runways that enable simultaneous take-offs. Source: Udayavani