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Fix the nuts & bolts
Business Standard / New Delhi March 22, 2005
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If Mr Patel wants to make a lasting contribution, he should also look beyond airport terminal buildings and glance at the rest of the airport infrastructure.
For example, Mr Patel wants Delhi airport to have four runways instead of the existing two as it is projected to handle a traffic of 50 million passengers annually, against 10 million now.
This makes sense as the country's major airports handle a maximum of 24 flights an hour, as against 45 to 50 in busy international airports. But Delhi already has two runways, and one of them is used for passenger airways (sic) only in emergency situations.
Reason: the defence ministry wants it for the exclusive use of Indian Air Force ... ... ...
---------------------------------- The Dabolim problem is part of a larger conundrum involving the entire defence sector in aviation. Who will cut the Gordian Knot?
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