The long suffering air passengers of Goa/Dabolim may seriously want to reach out to their counterparts in Pune who are actively lobbying to ease the restrictions on flights at Pune airport imposed by the Indian Air Force just as we are struggling here with the Indian Navy.
Check out this report: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1020525,curpg-1.cms Pune is however only seeking an extension of daily operational hours whereas Goa needs the lifting of the "no fly" rule during miltary training times from Mondays through Thursdays in addition to the extension of day/night operational timings by the Airports Authority. Pune is lobbying with the Air Force chief, the local MP Suresh Kalmadi, the Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, and the Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel using the leverage of the industry body, CII. For its part, Goa is relying only on Churchill Alemao's sporadic efforts with the Defence Minister. Goa probably needs to mount a much more vigorous and broad based lobbying effort taking into account the revolution in low cost domestic air travel, the growing attraction of Goa for international tourists and the availability of Seabird/Karwar as fall back positions for the Navy and the Coast Guard.
