By Air:
Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet operate flights from Bangalore.

About the Bangalore International airport: Bengaluru International Airport, the gateway to South India, is situated to the north of Bengaluru on the National Highway 7 and is 40kms from the city's central business district.

Airport Taxi Service: Easy Cabs and Meru Cabs operate professional and reliable taxi services to and from Bengaluru International Airport. The taxis wait on the inner curb right in front of the Terminal Building as well as in the designated taxi area. There is no need to purchase a voucher. You pay at the end of the journey based on the metered fare. All journeys are tracked by GPRS. You can pay by credit card also and receive in any case, a printed receipt in the car.

In case of a taxi requirement to the airport, you can call the following All India Call Center Numbers given below:

Rates for Airport Taxi Service
Rs. 15 per km, plus waiting charge @
Rs. 60 per hour.
Indicative rate to MG Road: Rs. 600
Easy Cabs: +91-80-4343-4343 and
Meru: +91-80-4422-4422

Domestic
Limousine and car rental: Apart from the airport taxi service, passengers can also rent premium cars.

This service is provided by
Akbar Travels 1800 22 6000 and
Hertz +91-99725 02292

Porter service: Rates

• Rs. 70 minimum charges for up to three bags
• Rs. 25 for every additional bag
• Rs. 250 for group baggage (12bags) No tips

Airport Shuttle Service connects various locations in the city with the Airport.

Shuttle Routes
Route - 1: Whitefield
Route - 2: Electronics City
Route - 3: HAL Airport
Route - 4: Jeevan Bhima Nagar
Route - 5: Koramangala
Route - 6: J.P. Nagar 6th Phase
Route - 7: M.C.T.C. Bus Station
Route - 8: Hebbal
Route - 9: Kempegowda Bus Station
Indicative rate to M.G. Road: Rs. 120

Cars with drivers as well as self driven cars are available.
Indicative rate up to 25 km: Rs. 1200
(e.g: Innova, Honda City)

For exact timings of the bus services, please log on to www.bengaluruairport.com or check at the Airport Shuttle Bay. In general, the frequency of the buses is one every 30 minutes per route.

Parking: Bengaluru International Airport provides parking facilities for 2000 vehicles at various rates depending on the duration.

A variety of shopping and dining options and various services are also available at the airport.

Other facilities: 4 Lounges • Business Center
• Free Wi-fi facility • Postal Service • 21 Airline Counters • 8 ATM machines • 4 Baby Care Rooms • 3 Foreign Exchange Services

For more information, log on to
www.bengaluruairport.com

Bangalore International Airport Guide

By Rail:
Bangalore has two main stations: Bangalore Cantonment and Bangalore City

Bangalore is directly connected by rail with Ahmedabad, Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Howrah, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Madras, Mysore, Nagpur, Trivandrum, Vasco-da-Gama (Goa) and other cities in India.
For online railway bookings you can visit http://www.irctc.co.in/

By Road:
Bangalore is connected by good motorable roads with Bandipur-220 kms, Belur-322 kms, Madras-334 kms, Bombay-998 kms, Cochin-526 kms, Dandeli-481 kms, Halebid-214 kms, Jog Falls- 377 kms, Kodaikanal-430 kms, Mysore-140 kms, Panaji-595 kms, Sravanabelagola-160 kms, Tirupati-250 kms.

Bus: Regular bus services connect Bangalore to Belgaum, Bidar, Bijapur, Bombay, Coimbatore, Goa, Hospet, Hyderabad, Madras, Madikere, Madurai, Mangalore, Mysore, Tirupati, Nandi Hills, Chamarajnagar, Jog Falls, Ootacamund (Ooty) Raichur, Ernakulam, Gulbarga, Pondicherry, Calicut, Dharwar etc. Local bus services of B.T.S., I.T.D.C., K.S.T.D.C. are also available.

City Taxi: You can book taxis at any time of the day by calling up the following numbers. 91-80-2323 7191/2, 91-80-2551 0000, 91-80-2678 0044

Auto: This three-wheeler drive will be available from any part of the city. Just flag down the auto driver and make sure that he switches the meter on. And pay only according to the meter during daytime. Before 6:00 a.m. and after 10:00 p.m., auto fares go up by one and a half times.