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Written By shas3n - 13 March, 2008
BIAL Bangalore Infrastructure Aviation
It is official. The new opening date for the Bangalore International Airport is 11th May. Below is the message from BIAL:
New Airport Opening Date for Bengaluru International Airport is May 11, 2008
Bangalore, March 13, 2008
We have received communication from the Ministry of Civil Aviation seeking a consideration of a suitable airport opening date after May 10, 2008 due to delays on the Air Traffic Control (ATC) services. BIAL has decided the new date of Airport Opening as May 11, 2008.
We are clearly disappointed with this delay especially as our employees and all our partners have been working tirelessly to launch Bengaluru International Airport on schedule on March 30, 2008. This delay is beyond the control of BIAL. To mark the successful readiness of the airport infrastructure, BIAL will hold an event to showcase the new airport on March 28th 2008.
It is indeed sad to see things being called off at the last moment. I cant even fathom financial and logistic nightmare this has caused airlines, airports and everyone related. I fail to understand what the ministry was doing all these days?
The silverlining is that BIAL team has worked so hard and met their deadline as promised. The very fact that a delay of about 40 days makes it infuriating indicates the path we have travelled from infrastructure projects that used to be out of schedule by years and decades. Way to go BIAL!!
COMMENTS
Bangalore has always been a great city because of its people and never because of any govt except for a few.. - hope May 11th it will be.
Chance to convert this shortcoming/joke into an oppurtunity....
kbsyed61 - 13 March, 2008 - 19:26
I don't think the delay would make any dent to Bangalore or its reputation.
Now BBMP has another chance to put its act together for completion of all the underpasses for signal free ride to the BIAL. Let's figure out a way to pressurise BBMP and its clan for speedy works andtimley finishes.
Any takers on this ??????????
silkboard - 14 March, 2008 - 05:17
I agree with Syed. Let us look at this as positively as we can, and make this a challenge for BBMP etc to put all short term fixes in place. I hope that all leaders, self-appointed, elected by people or TV audience, instead of fighting over HAL, will spend their energy in helping and pushing BBMP, Traffic police etc to enhance ORR, put magic boxes in place, identify and start work on alternate routes (other than Bellary Road) that can be used from East or North West side, and perhaps make SWR think local urban transport for Bangalore.
But last 3-4 months have been really shocking and funny to me. All agreements (BIAL vs HAL), connectivity issue have been up on our face for close to three years now, and we get noise all this noise only towards the end. Thank god for their is no elected government ruling right now, or else it might have been uglier, with dharnas and jams and those things.
navshot - 14 March, 2008 - 05:18
vvnagan - 13 March, 2008 - 18:21
Bangalore's image has taken a beating again. I agree with you, BIAL has done a wonderful job in getting the airport ready on time.
- vvn
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