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The Civil Aviation Ministry has stated that it has not received any proposal from the Karnataka government to rename Mangaluru airport.
Replying to a query on renaming Mangaluru airport in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Gen VK Singh, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said the proposals for naming / renaming of airports are considered based on the recommendations of the State government concerned, accompanied by a resolution passed in the State Legislative Assembly.
“No such proposal to rename the existing Mangaluru Airport has yet been received from the oKarnataka Government,” the Minister said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The decision on renaming of airports is taken by the Union Cabinet after due consultations with the concerned Central ministries/ departments, he added.
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