The Airports Authority of India has issued an Aeronautical Information Publications Supplementary (AIP) detailing the change of city and airport name from Mangalore to Mangaluru with effect from December 1.
“The objective of this AIP supplement is to inform all stakeholders about the Mangalore airport and Mangalore city name changes in the AIS (Aeronautical Information Service) products: city ‘Mangalore’ renamed to ‘Mangaluru’ and airport named ‘previous’ The AIP, released last month, states that the ‘Mangalore’ airport has been changed to ‘Mangaluru International Airport, Mangaluru’.
According to the Airports Authority of India, AIP is the basic aviation document primarily intended to meet international requirements for permanent aeronautical information exchange and long-term temporary changes required for air navigation.
AAI handed over the airport to Adani Group for 50 years of operations, management and development in October 2020.