Why a tiny place like Goa needs a second airport? Are there any studies
made that Goa needs two airports in the next 25 or 50 years? If Dabolim
needs extra land for runways, it can be acquired. There is also an option of
constructing an extension of runways into the sea.[Carlos]
This argument
Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The actual sequence should be:
1. Navy should curtail its training flights at Dabolim so that civilian
flights can expand.
Response: Agree
2. Navy should expedite clearance and construction of Seabird airfield
(6000
feet) and shift its flights to
Dabolim airport was built around 1953, and is very basic. It is a runway
and the terminal building does not have the capacity for enlargement.
Not a word in this piece about why the Navy is sitting tight at Dabolim and
not making any headway whatsover with the airfield at Seabird after all
these
