13 Facts About HAL Airport

HAL Airport is an airport that serves Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

HAL Airport commenced operations in January 1941 as the home of India's first aircraft factory, established by the company Hindustan Aircraft.

Meanwhile, HAL declared it wanted the airport completely to itself, resulting in the planning of another airfield to replace the civil enclave.

HAL Airport found a partner in American businessman William Pawley, and the two received authorization from the British War Cabinet to set up a factory.

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.

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HAL Airport owned the land of the airport and managed all facilities besides the AAI's civil enclave.

The enterprise and the AAI divided the earnings from the civil enclave among themselves, and HAL Airport feared the impact the closure would have on its revenue.

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.

In 2006, HAL Airport complained that the booming civilian operations were hindering the company's activities, which ranged from flying sorties to evaluating aircraft prototypes.

Meanwhile, a private company called Bangalore International HAL Airport Limited signed a concession agreement with the state and national governments to erect a new, much larger airport.

Large amount of traffic placed great strain on the HAL airport, creating congested terminals and overflowing parking lots.

The airports authority 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.

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.