HAL Airport is an
airport
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that serves
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
, the capital of the Indian state of
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
. Located about 12 km east of the city centre,
it has one
runway
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and operates 24/7.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence (military), defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manuf ...
(HAL), a state-owned defence company, owns the airfield and runs a testing facility in conjunction with the
Indian Armed Forces
The Indian Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of India. It consists of three professional uniformed services: the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force.—— Additionally, the Indian Armed Forces are supported by ...
. The airport also caters to non-scheduled civilian traffic, including
general
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
,
business
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and VIP aviation. For over 60 years, it received all domestic and international flights to the city; the
Airports Authority of India
The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a public sector enterprise under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastruct ...
shut down its
civil enclave
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By country
United States
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, officially known as Bangalore International Airport,
upon the opening of a
new airport in
Devanahalli
Devanahalli, also called "Devandahalli", "Dyaavandalli", Devanadoddi, and Devanapura, is a town and Town Municipal Council in Bengaluru Rural district in the state of Karnataka in India. The town is located to the north-east of Bengaluru. Deva ...
in 2008.
The airport commenced operations in January 1941 as the home of India's first aircraft factory, established by the company Hindustan Aircraft. The
Allies
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employed the airfield during the
Second World War
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, and by 1946 commercial flights had begun. Activity at the airport grew gradually over the next several decades until the 1990s, when it started to increase rapidly in parallel to Bangalore's economic expansion. In response, the airport underwent a series of expansions and upgrades. Meanwhile, HAL declared it wanted the airport completely to itself, resulting in the planning of another airfield to replace the civil enclave. Although HAL later modified its stance and some residents of the city protested, an agreement between the new airport's operator and the state and national governments obligated the enclave to close. Consequently, airlines moved to the Devanahalli airport on the night of 23–24 May 2008.
History
During
World War II
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, Indian magnate
Walchand Hirachand
Walchand Hirachand Doshi (23 November 1882 – 8 April 1953) was an Indian industrialist and the founder of the Walchand group. He established India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory; he also established con ...
sought to build and repair planes in India, which at the time did not have any aircraft industry of its own. He found a partner in American businessman
William Pawley
William Douglas Pawley (September 7, 1896—January 7, 1977) was a U.S. ambassador and noted businessman who was associated with the Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group (AVG) during World War II.
Early life
William Douglas Pawley was born in ...
, and the two received authorization from the British War Cabinet to set up a factory. Meanwhile, the
princely state of Mysore
The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in South India, southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary allia ...
offered 200 acres in
Bangalore
Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...
for the construction of an airfield.
Hirachand, his colleagues, and the Mysore government jointly formed a company called Hindustan Aircraft Limited (the original name of present-day
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence (military), defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manuf ...
, or HAL) and in December 1940 laid the cornerstone of the facility, which began operations just one month later.
The
colonial government joined the venture in 1941. As fears of Japanese ambitions rose following the
attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, j ...
, the British Raj took over HAL in April 1942, thereby requisitioning the airfield as well. It then allowed the US
Tenth Air Force
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to repair its aircraft in Bangalore, and the following year the Americans began running the factory.
With the US Air Force in charge, the facility focused on fixing and overhauling aircraft and engines, as well as producing drop tanks. Workers tended to a wide range of planes, including
Catalinas and
C-47 Dakota
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (Royal Air Force, RAF, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF, Royal New Zealand Air Force, RNZAF, and South African Air Force, SAAF designation) is a airlift, military transport ai ...
s.
Upon the war's conclusion, the Indian government reassumed control of the airport.
On the civilian front, commercial flights had started by 1946, when
Deccan Airways introduced service to
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
.
Six years later, three other airlines were also flying to the airport, linking it to a handful of destinations in South India. The national government then combined all domestic carriers into a single company called
Indian Airlines
Indian Airlines was a division of Air India Limited. It was based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia. It was a division of Air India Limited after m ...
, which was providing nonstop service from Bangalore to six cities by 1970. Additionally,
jet aircraft
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Whereas the engines in propeller-powered aircraft generally achieve their maximum efficiency at much lower speeds and altitudes, je ...
had reached the airport by this time, with
Caravelles
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performing routes to Hyderabad and
Bombay
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. During the 1980–1981 fiscal year, the HAL airport served approximately 550,000 passengers.
Before the end of the decade, Bangalore had acquired one more airline,
Vayudoot
Vayudoot ( hi, वायुदूत, Vāyudūt, messenger who rides on the wind) was a regional airline in India established on 20 January 1981 as a joint-venture between the two state-owned carriers, Indian Airlines and Air India. The airline ...
, which operated flights within
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
as well as to neighbouring
Tamil Nadu
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. Meanwhile, Indian Airlines' network from the city had expanded to 13 destinations, from
Delhi
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in the north to Trivandrum in the south.
During the 1990s, Bangalore's rising global stature and bustling economy led passenger numbers at the HAL airport to rise at a quick rate. While 1,000 travellers were passing through the terminal daily in 1991, more than six times that number were doing so by 1997.
Additionally, Air India delivered Bangalore its first international destination,
Singapore
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, in January 1995. To keep pace with the growing civilian air traffic, the
Airports Authority of India
The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a public sector enterprise under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastruct ...
(AAI) constructed an
instrument landing system
In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to ...
for the runway and another terminal.
The arrivals section of the two-storey building could serve 700 domestic and 300 international passengers at a time, while the departures area had a capacity for 300 international travellers. At the inauguration ceremony in January 1999, then Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...
observed that the city's accelerated pace of growth meant that the expansion would only help in the short-term, so government leaders needed to work toward building a new airport.
Plans for another airport had originated earlier in the decade, when HAL conveyed that it no longer wished to share its airfield with commercial airlines.
The company owned the land of the airport and managed all facilities besides the AAI's
civil enclave
A joint-use airport is an aerodrome that is used for both military aviation and civil aviation. They typically contain facilities of both a civil airport and a military air base.
By country
United States
The United States has several joint-use ...
.
A group of private companies evinced interest in the new-airport project and signed a
memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka government; the agreement specified that airline flights would switch to the new facility upon its inauguration.
However, HAL later dropped its demand. The enterprise and the AAI divided the earnings from the civil enclave among themselves, and HAL feared the impact the closure would have on its revenue.
While the union government supported HAL, the consortium insisted that the civil enclave would need to cease operations in order to ensure the new airport's profitability.
State officials added that the lake, apartment complexes, and other buildings surrounding the HAL airport made it impossible to significantly expand the site to accommodate future growth in air traffic. Although the businesses ultimately decided to abandon the endeavour, it gradually moved forward.
The year 2000 saw the Bangalore airport land its first foreign carrier,
Royal Nepal Airlines
Nepal Airlines Corporation ( ne, नेपाल वायुसेवा निगम, Nepāl Vāyusevā Nigam, Nepal Air Service Corporation), formerly known as Royal Nepal Airlines ( ne, शाही नेपाल वायुसेवा, ...
, which initiated a route to
Kathmandu
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One year later,
Lufthansa
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launched flights to
Frankfurt
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using Airbus A340s, signalling the first time the South Indian metropolis had a direct link to Europe.
![Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320-200](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Kingfisher_Airlines_Airbus_A320-200.jpg)
Bangalore's
IT and other industries continued to flourish, driving passenger counts further up as the decade progressed.
Air Deccan
Air Deccan is an Indian regional airline currently operating from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It flies to a total of four destinations using Beech 1900D aircraft, as of November 2019. As of October 2021, the airline has temporarily suspended operatio ...
established its first base at the HAL airport upon starting operations in 2003. Two years later, Bangalore ranked third on the list of the busiest airports in India with respect to domestic operations, and more international travellers were arriving as well.
Carriers like
British Airways
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and
Air France
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, which began service to the city in the same week, contributed to this growth. In 2006, HAL complained that the booming civilian operations were hindering the company's activities, which ranged from flying sorties to evaluating aircraft prototypes. In fact, over the past fiscal year the airport had operated at about 1.6 times its capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year.
Meanwhile, a private company called Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) signed a
concession agreement
A concession or concession agreement is a grant of rights, land or property by a government, local authority, corporation, individual or other legal entity.
Public services such as water supply may be operated as a concession. In the case of a p ...
with the state and national governments to erect a
new, much larger airport. In 2005, BIAL started construction at a site 30 km from the downtown area of the city in the suburb of
Devanahalli
Devanahalli, also called "Devandahalli", "Dyaavandalli", Devanadoddi, and Devanapura, is a town and Town Municipal Council in Bengaluru Rural district in the state of Karnataka in India. The town is located to the north-east of Bengaluru. Deva ...
. Similar to the memorandum that the original consortium had signed in the 1990s, the contract barred commercial flights from operating at the HAL airport for 25 years after the new airfield opened.
![HAL airport terminal at midnight Jan 07](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/HAL_airport_terminal_at_midnight_Jan_07.jpg)
The large amount of traffic placed great strain on the HAL airport, creating congested terminals and overflowing parking lots.
Additionally, since the tarmac had only eight parking stands for passenger aircraft, the high number of flights was producing delays.
As the new airport would not be ready for another few years, the AAI attempted to improve the present situation in different ways. Worried about the dangers of a crowded airspace, officials requested domestic airlines to consider discontinuing the addition of flights and operating fewer services during the busiest hours.
The airports authority also collaborated with HAL to construct extra parking bays, and by late 2006 it had finished enlarging the two terminals, thereby raising the yearly capacity by 800,000 people.
The airport remained significantly busy in the meantime. 10 domestic airlines and 11 foreign carriers were serving it in 2007,
and greater than 10 million passengers passed through the terminals in the 2007–2008 fiscal year.
In April 2008,
Air Mauritius
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added Bangalore's first route to Africa. Using Airbus A330 equipment, it flew to
Port Louis
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via Chennai, while the return service was direct.
Transfer of civilian operations
As work on the
new airport neared its end, a controversy grew in the city regarding the civil enclave's impending closure. Local business leaders and others claimed, for example, that the authorities were going to eliminate a potential competitor to BIAL.
Even the managing director of HAL's Bangalore branch supported retaining some domestic flights, as he believed the immense demand for air travel made it sensible for the city to have two airports. At the same time, the defence company noted that keeping the passenger terminals open was not one of its primary concerns.
Additionally, 20,000 AAI workers across India walked off their jobs in March 2008 over the shutting of the civil enclaves in Bangalore and
Hyderabad
Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...
; they did not end their strike until the
union government
The Government of India ( ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
affirmed that the airports would remain operational for other purposes. The Karnataka government suggested to BIAL that the HAL airport could continue receiving short-haul flights, but the company would not change its stance.
On 23 May 2008, the high court of the state rejected a petition by a local organisation to delay the new airport's opening, ensuring that the transfer of passenger and revenue cargo flights between the airfields would take place at midnight. Nevertheless, one plane did not take-off from the HAL airport until 1:30 am on 24 May, as rainy weather forced the incoming flight to land late. In light of the protests, the court offered the central government and BIAL 12 weeks to determine the future of the civil enclave.
BIAL still sought to adhere to the 2004 agreement, and New Delhi concurred after assessing the Devanahalli airport's capabilities.
Since the last commercial flights took off, the level of activity at the HAL airport has decreased greatly. In 2015, between 60 and 70 aircraft movements occurred per day, a significant drop from 310 in 2007.
Meanwhile, HAL has spoken various times with BIAL and the government in an effort to reopen the civil enclave and increase the airport's revenue. Although the defence ministry sided with HAL, BIAL remained opposed to amending the concession agreement for several years.
In 2020, however, the company stated that once Kempegowda Airport was operating at maximum capacity, it would contemplate allowing passenger operations to resume at the HAL airport.
Facilities and operations
HAL Airport has one asphalt
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
, which is oriented to 90/270 degrees and measures 3,306 by 61 metres. It is equipped with a
category I instrument landing system and can cater to aircraft as large as the
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022.
After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...
. The airfield, which remains operational 24/7, also contains 30 parking spots and two helipads.
The airport accommodates a wide array of non-scheduled civilian operations, including VIP aircraft movements, charter flights, and
air ambulances
Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, aeroplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes. Personnel provide comprehensive prehospital and emergency and cri ...
.
However, it does not generally function as a diversion alternative to
Kempegowda International Airport
Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, India. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru Inte ...
in case of emergencies; the AAI no longer maintains the terminal buildings to handle passengers, and no airline flight may touch down at the airfield per the concession agreement.
As of 2017, the civil aviation ministry seeks to permit airlines to divert to the HAL airport, as it does not believe the contract with BIAL applies to such contingencies.
In regards to facilities available for civilian use, the airport offers a VIP lounge, air-freight warehouse, and maintenance hangar.
The closed civil enclave possessed two terminals, one for domestic flights and the other for international services.
With respect to defence activities, HAL and the Indian military perform test flights from the airfield.
Incidents and accidents
*On 15 September 1951, an Air India Douglas C-47 Dakota departed with the autopilot switched on, causing the plane to crash. Of the 27 people on board, one crew member died in the accident.
*On 21 October 1963, a
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechani ...
belonging to the Indian Air Force collided with trees as it was preparing to land, killing eight of the 21 people aboard.
* 14 February 1990:
Indian Airlines Flight 605
Indian Airlines Flight 605 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bombay to Bangalore. On 14 February 1990, an Airbus A320-231 registered as VT-EPN, crashed onto a golf course while attempting to land at Bangalore, killing 92 of 146 pe ...
, an
Airbus A320
The Airbus A320 family is a series of Narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus.
The A320 was launched in March 1984, Maiden flight, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was introduced in April 1988 by Air F ...
, crashed on
final approach
In aeronautics, the final approach (also called the final leg and final approach leg) is the last leg in an aircraft's approach to landing, when the aircraft is lined up with the runway and descending for landing.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of ...
with 92 fatalities.
* 28 December 1996: A
Blue Dart Aviation
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Boeing 737
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Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two un ...
made a heavy, off-centre landing, causing damage to the aircraft and runway.
* 12 February 2004: A
helicopter
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being used by the HAL Rotary Wing Academy crashed, injuring both occupants.
* 26 October 2005: An Indian Air Force
MiG-21
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crashed, killing the pilot.
* 11 March 2006: A
Deccan
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ATR 72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop, short-haul regional airliner developed and produced in France and Italy by aircraft manufacturer ATR (french: Avions de transport régional or it, Aerei da Trasporto Regionale), a joint venture formed b ...
with 40 passengers and 4 crew members made a heavy landing. There were no major injuries, but the aircraft was written off.
* 4 May 2006: A
Transmile Air Services
Raya Airways Sdn Bhd (doing business as Raya Airways) is a cargo airline with its head office in the Raya Airways Centre in the Cargo Complex of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia.
It is an express freight and freight ...
727-2F2F suffered damage to the left-wing fuel tank.
* 21 August 2006: A
Kiran Mark II trainer aircraft landed on its fuselage after the wheels failed to deploy.
* 6 June 2007: A
Sri Lankan Cargo Antonov An-12
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lost engine power on the runway.
* 6 March 2009: A
NAL Saras
The NAL Saras (Sanskrit: " Crane") is the first Indian multi-purpose civilian aircraft in the light transport aircraft category as designed by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
In January 2016, it was reported that the project had be ...
aircraft prototype that had taken off from HAL Airport crashed in a field near
Bidadi
Bidadi is a town situated on the Bengaluru – Mysuru expressway and is part of the Ramnagar in the state of Karnataka. The town is located 32 km from Bangalore towards Mysuru and is connected by both rail and bus to Bengaluru City. It i ...
, killing the three-man crew of test pilots.
*1 February 2019: An Indian Air Force
Mirage 2000
The Dassault Mirage 2000 is a French multirole, single-engine, fourth-generation jet fighter manufactured by Dassault Aviation. It was designed in the late 1970s as a lightweight fighter to replace the Mirage III for the French Air Force (''Arm ...
modified by HAL on an acceptance flight crashed 500 metres outside the airport perimeter wall after an unsuccessful touch-and-go on runway 09; both pilots ejected but landed on burning wreckage and died.
References
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