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Kalaburagi (Karnataka), Nov 23 (TIWN) Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday opened the state-run Kalaburagi airport in north Karnataka, connecting Bengaluru and other cities and towns across the state and the country, an official said.
The Kalaburagi Airport will act as a gateway for tourist destinations including Buddha Vihar, Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah and Gulbarga Fort. In 2008, the then Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa laid the foundation stone for the phase 1 of the Kalaburagi Airport. A trial landing was successfully done on the airport’s runway in August 2018. The airport has been built by the Karnataka State Public Works Department (PWD). The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will operate the Kalaburagi airport. Kalaburagi airport is well-equipped with all vital and advanced amenities which are necessary to provide a world-class travel experience.
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