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NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL BUILDING FOR GOA AIRPORT ---------------------------------------------------------- 15:41 IST Rajya Sabha There is plan for a new international terminal building and additional parking stands at the Dabolim Airport in Goa. This information was given by Shri Pratel Patel, Minister for Civil Aviation in the Rajya Sabha today. This, he said, would improve the facilities and augment the additional spaces for international operations from Goa. As of now various facilities have been provided in the Goa Airport for international operations within the existing terminal building. The Airports Authority of India has already initiated action for acquiring additional land from the Indian Navy and the State Government for the expansion of the apron and the expansion of the international terminal building complex. **The Minister also informed the House that a total of 15655 international and domestic flights have operated at the Dabolim Airport in 2005-06. The passengers handled per day during peak season (November to February) in the Dabolim sector varies from 1153 to 1241 in the international sector and 978 to 2428 in the domestic sector. During lean season(May to September) passengers handled per day is as low as 41 for international and 1141 for domestic sector .** MC/GK ---------------------- Note the way data about Dabolim as been reportedly presented by the Civil Aviation Minister. He starts off well by giving current figures about "flights". This can now be compared to the "aircraft movements" for 1995-96 and 2013-14 given earlier. The updated totals are 8824, 15655 and 21708 respectively in serial order. Very roughly, this implies a near doubling in 10 years and projected growth of only 50% in the next 8 years. That is a CAGR of about 7% earlier vs only about 5% in future. The latter may be too low when the aviation scene (in terms of new airlines and new aircraft) has been growing phenomenally at present. A figure of at least higher than 7% should have been used. Hence, 8% would make it 80% higher than current levels. Then the hon minister switches to passengers handled per day. During the peak season, international passengers average about 1200 per day (plus or minus 50). The swing in domestic passengers is higher -- from about 1000 to 2500 although the latter may reflect the Dec/Jan spike. However, for the off peak period, the information is switched to minima! Why not give ranges to be consistent? International drops off dramatically as a result but it is not clear if this refers only to charter flights or includes international passengers on scheduled domestic flights also. Perhaps the latter maybe even just NRGs! The domestic passengers average holds up reasonably well if you allow for the sharp spike in Dec/Jan. I dont know if the unhomogenised data are due to the civil aviation ministry's lack of statistical sophistication in reporting or military control over Dabolim where this is probably given least importance. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)