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Bangalore, June 20

The three-week-old Yeddyurappa Government in Karnataka favours two airports for Bangalore and will urge the Centre to re-open the HAL airport for short hauls, according to the Minister for IT & Biotechnology, Mr Katta Subramanya Naidu.

The Centre should review and discuss the issue with the airport operator BIAL, Mr Naidu told reporters on the sidelines of CII’s India Innovation Summit on Thursday. The HAL airport stopped flights of scheduled commercial airlines just as the new airport became operational on May 24, as per the 2004 concession agreement between BIAL and the Centre.

Many cities have multiple airports and the industry in Bangalore also wanted this, he said. By reopening the HAL airport, flying from the city to Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram would be easier, he said. The new airport could handle longer and international trips.

The re-opening of HAL airport is also being debated in the High Court.

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