http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=131005
With fuel prices spiralling and uncertain, fe takes a look at what is being
done to give citizens a reliable and affordable public transport system. A
report across states
Delhi's transport policy is ad hoc, sadly inadequate
RAJ
http://www.businessworldindia.com/issue/news01.asp
Interview / praful patel
'I'm All for Competition'
Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel is in favour of more competition
among airports. However, it all has to be done in a thought-out manner, he
affirms. The reason: **states are bound by
[FR]
On May 30 I had posted a piece titled "So you wanna cheap air ticket" on
goanet. It was an article by Ashley Coutinho from Economic Times. Here is
the link one more time.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1593065.cms
A few relevant excerpts:
< most airlines have now switche
[ Marlon Menezes]
{Self]
The "put down" is clearly of Air Deccan, not Capt Gopinath. The key word
here is "which" (not "who"). We are both right! Hope this clears the air.
Teehee.
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The reports about the cracks in the Zuari Bridge and the restriction and
possible complete closure of vehicular traffic on it (throwing tourism via
air out of gear) highlights the acute need for a back up airport at Mopa
when contingencies like this occur. What does Alemao Churchill have to say
now
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1648736.cms
Domestic airport terminal to be moved to Sahar
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2006 02:47:35 AM]
MUMBAI: Mumbai's domestic airport terminal will be moved from Santa Cruz,
where it has been located for the past 45 years, to Sahar
[Marlon Menezes]
Sure their bottom lines may be (in fact, ARE!) bleeding. But airline
entrepreneurs are looking at the humongous 'opportunity' of doing this
business in India. Dont you get it? Big country, torturous surface travel,
growing incomes etc etc.
The money will come if they get their b
http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1035067
New airlines gain more ground
Praveena Sharma
Monday, June 12, 2006 21:11 IST
BANGALORE: Challenger airlines like Air Deccan, Kingfisher Air, SpiceJet and
Go Air continue to eat into the market share of incumbent carriers like
Indian Airlines,
TOI 10/6/06
Headline: "Panel clears airports upgradation plan"
Key point: "Among the airports to be upgraded are those in Goa, Jaipur,
Amritsar, Agra and Patna ... The minister said work (on the 35 nonmetro
airports) was likely to begin next year and be completed by 2009 in three
phases."
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Room for more
Sangeeta Singh / New Delhi June 10, 2006
First it was the malls, now it is the hospitality industry. A hotel boom is
signalling the biggest spurt in building across major cities in
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Government prioritises airport revamp
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But another MiG bites the dust
[ Friday, June 09, 2006 01:20:10 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
RAJKOT: A MiG-29 trainer aircraft of IAF crashed approximately 30 km north
of Jamnagar into the sea, near Pirotan island, where the Marine National
Par
HERALD 8/6/06
Headline: "Mopa panel gets 6-month extension"
Gist: A six member committee "to go into the Mopa international airport
issue" was constituted by Government of India in end-January 2006 under the
chairmanship of Goa CM Rane. The members consisted of Goa's 2 LS MPs, one RS
MP, and two
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TOI 6/6/06
Headline: "AAI creates turbulence for charter flights"
Quote #1: "Says SRR Rao, regional executive director, AAI: 'It has been AAI
policy for 50 years to keep the airports open AS PER AIRLINE SCHEDULES'.
The policy continues even though civil aviation is seeing phenomenal growth
.., Ra
On final approach?
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Airport board poised to pick Miramar as Lindbergh Field replacement
By Jeff Ristine
STAFF WRITER
June 4, 2006
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What we need is a similar account of how the Indian Navy is operating at
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Check this out:
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Hows and whys of hydropower
Posted online: Monday, June 05, 2006 at hours IST
The government is trying to invite the private sector to develop h
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Who owns MCAS Miramar, anyway?
By: DIETMAR E. ROTHE - Commentary for the North County Times
Our military has served our government's ambitions well and will continue to
do so. Yet much has changed over the last 30 y
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AAI to invest in non-metro airport modernisation
PTI[ SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2006 03:55:46 PM]
NEW DELH:The Airport Authority of India will invest about Rs 1,500 crore to
modernise at least 10 non-metro airports in the country by 2008.
Accordi
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Parl panel suggests one IIM in each state
Source: PTI.
New Delhi, May 28: With controversy raging over OBC quota in higher
education, a Parliamentary panel has suggested setting up at least one IIM
in each
This may not be correct. The general impression is that it is domestic
tourists who number about 2 million (i.e. 20 lakhs. Foreign tourists are
placed at only about 3-4 lakhs per year. How can the Goa police chief get
this number wrong? Strange.
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TOI May 27 has a report headlined "Security risk grounds Chinese firm". It
seems the contract awarded to a Chinese firm against global tenders to
install and maintain aerobridges (for 7 years) at 17 airports has been
"shot down" by the Home and External Affairs ministries on the grounds that
the p
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It's Miramar
By ROB DAVIS
Voice Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
An airport authority committee chose Marine Corps Air Station Miramar as the
best site for a new international airport to replace Lindber
<**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 9
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NEW INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL BUILDING FOR GOA AIRPORT
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Rajya Sabha
There is plan for a new international terminal building and additional
parking stands at the Dabolim Airport in
http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=052314
BJP launches Mopa awareness drive
NT News Service
1.
What exactly are the "limitations"? The runway is big enough to accommodate
747s. The terminal is expected to be expanded by the 7-9 acres of land to be
released by the Na
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In yesterday's TOI there is a story titled "Free landing, cheaper ATF at
smaller cities". It begins by itemising five year 'holiday' from parking and
navigation charges for operating 'feeder services' (presumably from small
tow
Here is a mechanism (SEZ) which might provide an alternative approach to
'urban' development though perhaps not 'airport' development which is what
we have in mind.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?autono=91976&leftnm=4&;
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Sunil Jain: Killing SE
The nearest thing I can think of is in our own backyard viz Karwar/Seabird!
Here we have a 'mammoth naval base' under development minus a commensurate
air defense system of its own i.e. an air station. Plans for the latter
suddenly went underwater when the Dabolim issue turned red hot a few
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1540178.cms
Greenfield airport plans taxi in
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2006 12:35:52 AM]
NEW DELHI: Kolkata may have a greenfield airport with up to 100% foreign
investment, instead of modernising the existing airport under joint venture
The nearest thing I can think of is in our own backyard viz Karwar/Seabird!
Here we have a 'mammoth naval base' under development minus a commensurate
air defense system of its own i.e. an air station. Plans for the latter
suddenly went underwater when the Dabolim issue turned red hot a few month
Recently (i.e. just a week ago) like a bolt from the blue it was announced
that the Navy had agreed to part with 9 acres of land for a new terminal,
aircraft parking etc and that the Centre had agreed to direct (i.e.
scheduled) international flights out of it. The announcement was made by
someone w
Here is an article about the plans for the new Bangalore International
Airport Ltd (BIAL):
http://www.expresstravelworld.com/200605/management03.shtml
Here is what it says about the facilities under cnstruuction:
<"One can safely assume that the new airport will provide for the huge
growth exp
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Study: Miramar, Pendleton Feasible
By ROB DAVIS
Voice Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Joint-use airports shared by civilians and the military would work at Marine
Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Marine
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Airports Start to Feel the Sting Of Airline Cost-Cutting Efforts
By Scott McCartney
The new terminal at Toronto's Pearson International Airport features soaring
ce
< Mr Alemao depends heavily on
his beloved wife (who was rescued miraculously from
the jaws of death following a brief illness) his
highly educated well mannered, well cultured and
well placed daughters (one is married and moved to
Cansaulim the other will follow suit in October 2006
and move to Cu
I saw the truncated version of this piece in HERALD about 10 days ago. The
following part had been summarily deleted perhaps due to shortage of space:
...
<'neutral' and have adequate barriers in place to
protect their unique identities.
While there is no going back on being a part of Indi
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Tech report on new Mumbai airport sent to ICAO
Source: PTI.
New Delhi, May 11 : A techno-economic feasibility report on the second
airport in Mumbai has been sent to the International Civil Aviation
Organi
I recently submitted a write-up titled "Corporate Innovation Paradigm"
(appended below for reference) about a management book to amazon.com.
The link to the web page is:
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Lt. Col. SM D'Souza (retd) has chimed in again in HERALD, this time with a
full length op-ed page article titled (inaccurately, in my opinion) "Moping
over Mopa and Dabolim".
Some quick reactions to his well structured argument:
1. "Navy's presence at Dabolim is needed": A very weak (bordering o
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There is Another Side to the Story
By THELLA BOWENS
Thursday, May 4, 2006
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority is pleased to see your
innovative online publication covering the San Diego regio
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< San Diego really only comes of age with World War II -- because of the
military. People came to San Diego and said: Hey! We'd like to stay here.
But San Diego in many ways -- and I don't want to say this
Sure, they (IN) are past masters at putting on a "jolly good show" with lots
of razzle dazzle to divert visiting dignitaries and others from reality and
twist their arms into agreeing to their continuation at Dabolim. But try to
come down to earth -- and Goa!
That's where this particular exercis
This would have been a perfect opportunity for the Navy top brass to impress
on the PM that he should not do anything to shift it out of Dabolim over
the Mopa airport imbroglio which he eventually is supposed to resolve
personally. All kinds of misinformation such as how the Navy has extracted
R
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Airports may get regional, global status
Source: Business Standard. Image Source: DGL.Microsoft
New Delhi, May 5: The government is planning to reclassify airports in an
attempt to develop their infra
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Strange, but just last Monday I ran into a friend of mine out here after a
year and he said the google image of Dabolim was exactly the way Cecil Pinto
described it on goanet a few days later, parked planes and all! So there's a
slight disconnect between these two accounts and Bosco's. Either tha
Great! But tell me, does it look like it can throw a $16 billion military
punch across the Arabian Sea if needed? Do you suppose a handful of such
bases would meet the country's entire air defence needs? Mama mia.
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For the second time this month I have heard the Navy top brass in Goa
propagating the point (myth?) that Rs 70,000 crores (~$ 16 billion) have
been sunk into Dabolim. As mentioned by me on the previous occasion, this
figure was stated to be about Rs 25,000 crores just 18 months ago on goanet.
For
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FAA chief says region right to consider bases
By: DAVE DOWNEY - Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO The nation's aviation chief said Monday that it was a wise
move for San Diego to consider military bases as potential sites
Here is a brief update of my previous post on multi-airport systems based on
new information that became available. Its just an add-on.
Tail hook: Recently a report about the plans for "second airports" for
Kolkatta and Chennai helps to demystify (as well as re-mystify!
Please consider this as a work in progress which would benefit from comments
and suggestions of any kind on goanet. Thanks.
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After "revving engines" in fits and starts for nearly a decade, a draft
civi
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Study: Miramar Is the 'Strongest' Option
By ROB DAVIS
Voice Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar emerged the victor of a new study of the
marketability of proposed sites
Some updates to an earlier post which have got a bit bunched up:
1. <3. An international (arrival?) terminal has been designed for Dabolim
but has not yet been implemented. No responsibility is however assigned for
this serious lapse. But it repeats its previous claim that there has been
dithering
I hope you really believe what you said in the last sentence and dont labour
under the delusion that you have a monopoly for the qualities mentioned.
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to a very strange state of affairs in the prevailing airports controversy.
Yesterday's HERALD had a couple of interesting articles. One by Joseph
Zuzarte provided a fascinating glimpse of the hitherto generally implicit
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Airport board looks at moving military
Joint use could be dropped at Miramar
By Jeff Ristine
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
April 4, 2006
>From the Pentagon on down, military figures have told the Airport Authority
that joint us
I thought it might repay study if we examined the implications of Fred's
theme of "Navy as Landlord".
Let's recap the salient excerpts for this purpose:
Fred wrote:
I responded:
I later added:
So there we have it. What does all this imply?
The two main implications in my view briefly are:
Some further thoughts on this thread for what its worth:
Fred wrote:
My new response:
OK maybe times change. Maybe its time to replace the ancient 1961 divide
with a new watershed year in the modern era viz 2005. Pre-'05 it was all
smooth sailing for the Navy largely because of the apathy of the
[Fred
Noronha]
I was interested in the above points in your discursive post. My questions:
1. Recently HASG complained that 300 acres of land adjacent to Dabolim
airport had been given to Zuari. Was this perhaps a result of the agitation
you mentioned?
2. The large military presence in Goa may n
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GMR now eyes non-aero business
PUMMY KAUL
HYDERABAD, MARCH 29: With work on the upcoming Rs 1,760-crore new
international airport in full swing at Shamshabad - spread across 5,400
acres and about 20 kms off the city - GMR Hy
This would explain their (the pols') myopia if not virtual self-centredness,
Gabriel. They run the real risk of not being able to fool ALL the people ALL
the time even though public memory may well be rather short! But what about
the illustrious fourth estate, our great journos?
Specifically, in
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Marine Corps, Hand Over the Depot
By ELIE A. SHNEOUR
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
There are three reasons why San Diegans have been fruitlessly arguing about
where to put a new airport for the past three dec
The Hoteliers Associatioon of South Goa (HASG) has published the third in
its series of pro-Dabolim/anti-Mopa salvoes.
In this one it sheds some rare and interesting light on the goings-on IN
Dabolim airport. It seems Navy personnel regularly cross the runway "on
motorcycles, [in] cars and even bi
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Maruti to teach you to drive world-class
Creating new benchmarks in safety, Maruti Udyog Limited on Monday announced
it would set up 15 world class driving schools in India in the next three
months, as it launched two su
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Strategic tools for the practising manager
KIT
Technopak Advisors / New Delhi March 28, 2006
This week: Indian Aviation Industry (Domestic)
The Indian domestic aviation marke
Most of these points could have been made 6 months ago! Why are the pols so
slow in getting it?
Why is the TEF report not being made public? This point doesnt make sense as
Mopa is meant to be an airport FOR Goa (as substitute for Dabolim).
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Maruti to teach you to drive world-class
Creating new benchmarks in safety, Maruti Udyog Limited on Monday announced
it would set up 15 world class driving schools in India in the next three
months, as it launched two such ins
< Again the issue of similarities and differences with civil aviation at
Dabolim/Mopa in Goa. >
I managed to get feedback on this post privately from a couple of American
friends. One, David, who is situated in the Northeastern U.S., said he had a
relative (since deceased) who was a Navy flier bas
Except for this link and a couple of other (rather plebeian) posts on the
Goa government budget, budget analysis in Goa has generally "'Goan' with the
wind"! HERALD editorialised today about the effect of beer availablity on
youngsters. Navhind Times had an op-ed article which was a paean to CM
Ran
The most glaring difference between this account and the Dabolim/Mopa
situation of Goa is that the former seems to deal with a unidirectional
development vector viz "growth". You put a new airport virtually in the
boondocks and it stimulates economic growth or development over the years or
so the
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Three to Tango
No one transport system is enough to fix Bangalore's crumbling
infrastructure. The city needs three
Nelson Vinod Moses
There is an ambitious plan to fix Bangalore's crumbling transport
infrastructure. Ambitious, because it i
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Joint airport on a base will not fly, military says
By Jeff Ristine
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
March 16, 2006
Tasked with serving and protecting the same public, local military brass and
the countywide airport authority a
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