Mangaluru, July 02, 2018: In the wake of some WhatsApp messages stating that Mangaluru International Airport has been named as Koti Chennaya International Airport in honour of the Tulunadu folk legends, the airport authorities have clarified that it was fake news.
The airport officials have also requested public against circulating such fake news.
It is worth recollecting here that members of the Billawa community under the leadership of Brahma Baidarkala Garodi President Chittaranjan Kankanady had recently made representations to Airport Authority and local elected reprsentatives to rename the airport after Koti Chennaya.