A vacation bench of the Karnataka high court ruled on Friday that the existing airport here should be closed once the new airport on the city outskirts opens Saturday.

The bench hearing public interest litigation on keeping the older Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. – opened airport open, said there was no ‘prima facie’ case to grant stay on the 16th May notification of grant stay on the 16 may notification of india’s civil aviation ministry that ordered closure of the older airport once the new international airport of Bangalore International Airport Ltd. or Bial, opens.
The court ordered that an assessment of passenger traffic for the next 12 weeks should be made in the new airport. Bial chief executive officer Albert Brunner declined comment on the verdict.