Kalaburagi Airport witnessed the first-ever night landing by an aircraft (Bengaluru-Kalaburagi) on Thursday night.
Alliance Airlines flight with 40 passengers onboard reached Kalaburagi Airport at 11.52 p.m., though the actual arrival time was 8 p.m. It was delayed by nearly four hours.
In the return leg, of the 68 passengers who had booked tickets to travel from Kalaburagi to Bengaluru, two passengers postponed their journey, while seven cancelled their tickets.