Bangalore airport takes wings Rediff "I am the happiest man in the world". That is what Albert Brunner, chief executive officer of the Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL) said after throwing open the new international airport at Bangalore in the early hours of Friday. The first flight winged its way to Singapore. After a series of protests and court cases, Bangalore, the IT capital of India, finally got a full-fledged international airport at Devanahalli, 31 km away from the city