Airport rail link Airport), Brussels National Airport railway station (which opened in 1958 and serves Brussels Airport) and Frankfurt Airport regional station (which opened in 1972 and is one of the two railway stations that serve Frankfurt Airport). Integration with intercity services has produced alliances where airlines sell air tickets that include the connecting rail service. Central Europe has seen integration of high-speed rail into airports, with domestic and international TGV and ICE services from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and Frankfurt Airport. Because of this, many airport railway stations have received IATA codes. Yet another option for airports is to use
HAL Airport October 2005 with flights to London and Paris, respectively. During the 2000s, commercial traffic to HAL Airport was rising at a rate of roughly 35% per year. Between 2006 and 2007 the airport received 8.2 million passengers, well above its capacity of 3.6 million. Because of this, in July 2004 the Government of India permitted the construction of another airport for Bangalore after a Concession Agreement with Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL, the company that operates the Airport), situated 30 km (19 mi) from the city in Devanahalli. The new airport, named Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB), opened on 24