Comments on: Visit to Bengaluru International Airport(BIA)

By: Popular Weekly Links: Apr.07 - Apr.19 | DesiPundit

Popular Weekly Links: Apr.07 - Apr.19 | DesiPundit — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:01:31 +0000

[...] becoming an economic superpower. The Bangalore Bengaluru International Airport opened recently and invited blogging communities for a dekho [posted by [...]

By: vishnukumar

vishnukumar — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:28:37 +0000

@ author, plz upload shots of the exterior.

@ shande,nicole both the airports should be connected to the metro, so there would be easy access from all parts of Bangalore.

Some one from the govt, recently suggested that HAL could be leased out to BIAL. This would mean that BIAL would not loose their 150km restriction for other airports and HAL staff would be retained.

By: Bengaluru International Airport | DesiPundit

Bengaluru International Airport | DesiPundit — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:27:44 +0000

[...] visits the new Bengaluru International Airport, as part of a trip conducted by the BIAL communications team for blogging [...]

By: shande

shande — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:01:45 +0000

@deepa, anjana, rajesh: thanks for the feedback.

@nicole:
good point .. but having two operational airports will further escalate the need for connectivity as people may have to travel between the two airports. In Seoul, the International airport(in Incheon) is 60 km far from the domestic Gimpo Airport. Now they have connected the two with high speed AREX train.

By: Rajesh Dangi

Rajesh Dangi — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:29:25 +0000

Very informative post Shande…

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:37:01 +0000

Many other cities maintain their older, more centrally-located airports as domestic terminals, while dedicating their newer, more remote airports as international terminals. I’ve lived in many cities, including Washington, DC and Taipei, Taiwan, where this system works very well. I strongly believe that would be the best solution to Bangalore’s imminent airport traffic problem: the optimistic estimates of travel times to BIAL that were printed recently in The Hindu fail to consider the delays that will result from thousands of passengers, their families, and airport staff traveling on the roads to BIAL every day.

By: anjana

anjana — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:51:10 +0000

Nicely written. Very informative as well.
Wish i was there :(

By: Deponti

Deponti — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:02:56 +0000

Nice report! Wish I had been able to come, too, but you have taken us on a virtual tour!