Bangalore International Airportj Ltd (BIAL)
India’s Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru or the BLR Airport is one of the country’s fastest growing airports. It operates close to 500 flights a day and handles over 19 million passengers a year. it is located about 40 kilometres north of the city near the village of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka’s first fully solar powered airport developed by CleanMax Solar.