Apropos the letter “Two airport can definitely co-exist in Goa” on GT dt. April17; I tend to agree with the writer on certain issues therein. Two or even four airports can co-exist, but the question is whether two airports is financially viable? Is the writer more experienced than experts from ICAO who have clearly stated financial unviability even after projecting passenger traffic at 4 million to year 2022? Sure, I also believe him that all Goans are not against Mopa. The land sharks are not, so too those who eat their fallen crumbs and the many Goans who believe everything and anything their politicians tell them. It is also very obvious when some look at every issue from communal angle that we have people only equipped with a hammer, and tend to see everything as a nail. The Navy sure have been in possession of Dabolim airport for over 50 years, but was this a legal possession? And may Goans know the enemy for which Goa is strategically located? Could it be North Korea? Dabolim with its expansion can definitely be developed into an efficient International airport. Irrational excuses for reasons of tourist decline can be plenty. But the main are what tourist themselves write to the press; about the garbage and filth everywhere, the increase in crimes on tourists, the visa imbroglio, the fleecing, etc. And lastly, whoever has stated that airport is employment generating industry understands very little of Human resources, that too when one placed bordering another State. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão ==========================================================
[Goanet] Two airport can definitely co-exist in Goa
Dr . Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:29:28 -0700