Bangalore Airport (Bengaluru International Airport)

Bangalore Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is located 40 KMS from Central Business District (CBD) – MG Road. It is spread across 4,000 Acres. Bangalore Airport has 53 CUTE enabled check-in counters and 18 Self check-in counters. Runway is 4 km long and 60 metres wide with three rapid exits. For the financial year 2010-11, Bangalore airport was the fourth busiest airport in the country in terms of overall passenger traffic of 11.59 million and fifth busiest in terms of international passenger traffic. The airport is host to 10 domestic airlines and 21 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and rest of the world. Bangalore airport serves as a hub for Kingfisher Airlines and a focus city for Jet Airways, JetLite, IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir, etc.,

Bangalore Airport has been awarded the prestigious 'Best Airport India' award by Skytrax World Airport Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark on 30 March 2011.

Bangalore Airport received the IATA Platinum Certification for the first 100% Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) compliant airport in India.

Bangalore Airport has been voted as the Best Emerging Airport - Indian Sub-continent, by EMA, Dubai.

Bangalore Airport has been voted as the Best Managed Airport by CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards, 2010.

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Getting to & from the Airport

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To keep pace with the increasing air traveller population, the Government of Karnataka has proposed a High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) project connecting the city centre to the airport. This will cover approximately 33 kilometers with four stations at Cubbon Road (Terminal Station), Hebbal, Yelahanka, and Bengaluru Airport (Terminal Station). The Cubbon Road station is proposed as a City Air Terminal (CAT) station with facilities for baggage and flight check-in, and the Terminal station at the airport is proposed to be an underground station at the forecourt of Passenger Terminal Building.

Travelling on this route will take about 25 minutes at an average speed of 80 km/ hr, with the initial service frequency of 10 minutes. The project is proposed to be implemented by the SPV Bangalore Airport Rail Link Limited (BARL) through the BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) model, with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) by the Government of India and Government of Karnataka.

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Bangalore Airport is well-connected by the city's public transport agency – the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). BMTC's comfortable, air-conditioned Volvo buses ‘VayuVajra' connects the airport and the city through 11 routes. These buses make almost 251 trips every day, at a frequency of 30 minutes. The buses wait just opposite to the Bangalore Airport Terminal Building. A dynamic display of BMTC schedules, routes, and other information are available at the Arrival Hall of the passenger Terminal Building.

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If you wish to hire a cab to reach the airport or other destinations, three service providers stand ready, with a smart fleet. Karnataka Taxi, EasyCabs, and Meru Cabs, are the official taxi operators at Bengaluru Airport. They provide you convenient, safe, easily accessible, and cost-effective travel in a standard, air-conditioned sedan. Airport taxi service can be availed at the airport for travel to Bengaluru city and vice versa.