Hosur’s wait for airport might get longer

This industrial city’s wait for an airport might get longer with the Tamil Nadu government pre-closing a study on demand assessment, and air traffic forecasting for setting up the facility, with the concessionaire agreement between the Union Government and Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) coming in the way.

The agreement signed between the two parties that no airport should be constructed within 150 km of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru till 2033 has also forced the Union Government to take Hosur off the list of airports under the UDAN scheme. The two developments raise a question mark over the efforts to launch flight operations from a private airport owned by Taneja Aerospace and Aviation Limited (TAAI), located 14 km from Hosur and 47 km from Bengaluru.