Jindal Vijaynagar Airport is a regional airport serving

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. Because of its location near

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Township, the airport is also known as Vidyanagar Airport. It is owned and operated by

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, which operates a

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in Toranagallu. The name ''Jindal Vijaynagar'' comes from the company Jindal Vijaynagar Steel Ltd (JVSL), which merged to form JSW Steel in 2005. Formerly a private landing strip for JVSL employees, the airport was upgraded to receive its first commercial flights in December 2006, serving tourism and business interests in

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. Regional airline

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started providing daily flight services from

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and

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. Later, the operations were indefinitely suspended. Passenger services has resumed again by Alliance Air from the airport to

and

from 30 October 2022.

History

Jindal Vijaynagar Airport was originally a private airstrip used by Jindal Vijaynagar Steel to transport senior employees to and from its adjacent

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. In 2004, the

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agreed to allow commercial flights from the airstrip. The airport is located close to the tourist attractions of

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, and the State Government hoped it attract businessmen to the steel industry in Bellary.

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was not used as its runway was too short and narrow, and there was no room to expand it.

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announced it would commence flights from

on 2 October 2004; however, the route was not launched because of technical reasons. The State Government still required certain facilities to be installed at the airstrip, including additional navigational aids and an

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tower. JSW Steel began construction on a passenger terminal in 2006. The airport was inaugurated on 3 November 2005 with

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of JSW Steel, and several members of the State Government, including Governor

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, in attendance. Air Deccan conducted an inaugural flight to the airport on that day but did not begin routine operations until 1 December. The airline initially operated daily flights to Bangalore and

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. Air Deccan merged with

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in 2008 to form

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, which ended flights to the airport in early 2009 because of low occupancy. Later, regional carrier

began daily flight services to

and Bengaluru. However, in 2018, the services were indefinitely stopped and were not resumed again. As of October 2022, Alliance Air has resumed daily flight services to Hyderabad and Bengaluru from 30 October 2022.

Facilities

Jindal Vijaynagar Airport has one

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, designated 13/31, that measures . The passenger terminal covers and contains a single

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desk, security lane, baggage scanner and a waiting area capable of seating 50 people.

Airlines and destinations

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History

Facilities

Airlines and destinations

See also

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