The excessive travel time to the airport has prompted the likes of Captain Gopinath to offer helicopter services to the new airport at $ 100.
He says the travel time will just be 10 minutes by chopper.
The government, meanwhile, claims that an airport cannot be situated in a place which is convenient to everybody.
Authorities say from Vidhan Soudha, which is at the heart of the city, it takes less than an hour to reach the new airport even during peak hours.
However, BIAL claims it is not feasible to keep the old airport open and also a delay in the opening of the new airport cost them $250,000 a day.
Image: One of lobbies in the new airport.
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