Talks are on with private players including Indigo and Star Air to launch new services to Mysuru which has seen a gradual shrinking of flights despite passenger traffic.
Mysuru MP Pratap Simmha said that there was demand for Goa, Kochi and other places but most players in the airline industry cite lack of ATR planes – which are 72 seater planes capable of short haul flight – which Mysuru airport can handle due to its short runway.
At present Mysuru is connected only to Chennai and Hyderabad while the flights to Kochi, Goa, Bengaluru, Belagavi, Mangaluru have been withdrawn by the service providers over a period of time.
