The Mysore Airport, on the lines of Mangalore airport which has got international tag, has also started thinking on terms of becoming an international airport. The first meeting in this regard that took place on July 8 chalked out extensive plans for land acquisition, road development and design for the proposed international facility.
Southern Karnataka will have the third international airport if the plans of Airport Authority of India plans were to be realised. According to the district officials, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board has been directed to acquire about 200 acres of land, the Mysore airport, now which comes alive during the Dasara period, getting chartered flights from Europe, Russia and the US has been built on a land of 175 acres.
According to the Airports Authority of India, to set up a full-scale international airport in Mysore, it required 175 acres more in the first phase, 143 acres in the second phase and 25 acres in the last phase. The Ceputy Commissioner of Mysore, Rame Gowda, has ordered shifting of all underground and overhead cables of power, telephone and any structures in the land that were to be acquired.
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