First flight touches base at Bengaluru Airport in low visibility conditions
BENGALURU: At 7.41 am on Thursday, a piece of aviation history was created when the first ever flight landed at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in poor visibility conditions.
Indigo’s 6E-6389 from Lucknow had a successful touchdown on the South Runway. This is the first time a flight has ever landed in low visibility conditions in any airport in South India.
The airport commenced operations on May 24, 2008. However, fog and wintry weather conditions ensured frequent disruptions in travel plans of lakhs of flyers from November to February annually as flights could not operate due to visibility issues.
