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Written By Devesh - 21 May, 2008
BIAL Bangalore BIAL HAL Airport Date
Hot breaking news, on Praja first.
BIA launch has been postponed by 24 hours. The new launch date is 00:01 24/May/2008.
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[{Admin} Here is the press release we got from BIAL for this.]
May 21, 2008 6:15 pm New Bengaluru International Airport Opening postponed by 24 hours This is to announce that Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) has just received notification from the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). According to the notification, "the Central Government hereby notifies that the Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli would be commissioned w.e.f. 00.01 hours of 24th May, 2008, instead of w.e.f. 00.01 hours of 23rd May 2008 as notified earlier". The switch to the new airport will take place at midnight (00:01 hours of May 24). All flights landing and departing after midnight will operate from the new airport and flights arriving before midnight (on May 23, 2008) and departing after midnight will also operate from the new airport. Commenting on the sudden notification, Albert Brunner, CEO, BIAL said, "We are taken by surprise. In fact, we have just closed a press conference communicating our preparedness for tomorrow. However, there is nothing we can do at this point. All our efforts are now towards minimizing passenger and airline inconvenience owing to this postponement."
COMMENTS
Naveen N - 21 May, 2008 - 17:35
[sarc on] "Pro HAL" != "Anti BIAL"...now where have we been hearing that [sarc off]
Look at the temerity of an individual, backed by a media house (the news quoted is from TNN), to try to postpone the opening of BIAL. I'm sorry to say this but any doubts I had that this "Pro HAL" campaign has no negative agenda have been washed away reading this. And calling others "armchair critics" on top of that.
hari - 21 May, 2008 - 17:59
this bas**** and then they have the audacity to say that they are not against opening the airport.
Looks like these outsiders are not for anything that would make the city better..
Postponement - at EC's directive?
shas3n - 21 May, 2008 - 15:35
According to this MSN report , the date has been postponed at Election Commission's suggestion.
-Shastri
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