Kempegowda airport: AirAsia plans Terminal 2 operations from mid-January on

The newly built Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport is just weeks away from commercial operations.

While Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has stated that the brand-new terminal would open soon, DH has reliably learnt that Tata-owned AirAsia India would start operating flights from T2 in mid-January. Air India, another Tata-owned airline, will also be among the first to use the swanky terminal. Other airlines, however, would take time before relocating.

The 2,55,000-square-metre garden-themed terminal was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11. At the time, airport authorities said commercial operations at the terminal would start by year-end. But technical reasons are said to have pushed the date to January.