Aero India: Bengaluru airport revises airspace closure timings from Feb 5 to 14

Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) has revised the schedule of flight disruptions from February 5 to 14 due to Aero India 2025. 

The travel advisory was revised after a meeting between Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), airlines, and the Aero India management, a source in BIAL said. 

The revised airspace restriction are as follows: 

Feb 5, 6 and 8: 9 am to noon and 3 pm to 4.30 pm

Feb 7: 9 am to 11 am and 3 pm to 4.30 pm

Feb 9: 9 am to 11 am

Feb 10: 9 am to 11.30 am and 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm

Feb 11 and 12: Noon to 2.30 pm

Feb 13 and 14: 9.30 am to noon and 2.30 pm to 5 pm

However, fliers coming to and leaving Bengaluru have been left in the dark about the rescheduled flights with multiple changes in the itinerary or no updates from the airline. 

A man in his late 20s, flying from Bengaluru to Srinagar on February 9, said that his flight itinerary was changed three times in a week with an extra layover in Mumbai. He expressed frustration at the inconvenience caused by these changes. 

Others took to social media platform X to express their frustration at the lack of clear information. 

An X user (@ubhar10) put a post, tagging the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA): "@DGCAIndia since the Aero Show timings are officially announced @AirIndiaX hasn’t updated the flight timing changes. Wouldn’t this be too late for the passengers to plan their travel?" 

Another user (@Vlsnse009) also tagged the DGCA and asked, "@DGCAIndia why are the airlines not informing the passengers about disruption due to the Aero Show and change in schedule? Lot of them have taken connection via Bangalore for #MahaKumbh2025."