AAI Director Narendra Kaushal told PTI that 'everything is fine and normal.'

Asking the employees to see reason, the civil aviation minister said new airports have to be constructed in national interest.

He also urged the employees, who are on a 'non-cooperation movement' since midnight on Wednesday, to withdraw their agitation in the interest of the nation and the travelling public.

The term 'general aviation' denotes non-scheduled operations of private aircraft or chartered services in which small planes are generally used.

Under the agreements entered with the private parties which are building and operating the new airports at the two cities, the government has to close down commercial flight operations in the old ones. The deserted Bangalore Airport during the strike called by employees of Airport Authority of India against the proposed closure of the existing Bangalore and Hyderabad airports.