Aviation World
16 October 2026
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (BLR Airport) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR), along with Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s Minister of International Trade has announced the signing of a sister airport agreement aimed at building further operational, technological, economic, and air service connections between Western Canada and Southern India.
The memorandum of understanding between the two airports is focused on seven different areas of collaboration, including innovation to further support efficient airport operations through the use of technology. This includes work around YVR Airport’s Digital Twin as well as emerging tools and potential innovation pilot projects that could be jointly developed or trialed between the YVR and BLR Airport teams.
The agreement also lays out efforts to further the transit of air cargo between Southern India and Canada and, particularly when it comes to supporting growing industries such as the tech sector in the two regions, as well as a goal of developing direct air service between Bengaluru and Vancouver...
