... not counting either that the Indian Navy holds on
to most of the daylight hours for its own exercises
.. and that the Indian Navy expects the charters to
land at Dabolim in the middle of the night too ...[Gabriel
Figueiredo]
The Navy's no fly rule is (effectively) for 4.5 hours per day.
--- cornel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Philip,
I take it that you expected to hear that 12 hours
multiplied by 4 (landings
per hour) should result in 48 landings. Of course,
there would be take-offs
which are not included in the calculation.
Cornel
... not counting either that the Indian
@goanet.org
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 11:21 AM
Subject: [Goanet] RE: Viewpoint on Dabolim airport
Most airports with one run way should be able to land a plane every 15
minutes - AT LEAST. So A MINIMUM OF 240 planes a day CAN USE THE AIRPORT
between 6 AM and 6 PM. My relatives who have flown
Don't hammer yourself on this one Philip. On another issue, I also read that
a short span of time is anything between 60 to 65 years :-)
hAVE a nICE dAY!!
Rgds/Seb
- Original Message -
From: Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Most airports with one run way should be able to land a
Most airports with one run way should be able to land a plane every 15
minutes - AT LEAST. So A MINIMUM OF 240 planes a day CAN USE THE AIRPORT
between 6 AM and 6 PM. My relatives who have flown into Goa call the airport
much, much better than before.
So what is the big problem with Dabolim?
In India, there are hardly any night-time domestic flights -- except a
very few connecting the big metros. This probably means the navy is
willing to accomodate the tourism lobby, ruin the sleep hours of the
state, but not stop their ludicrous peak-morning naval flights which
disrupts the
The naval authorities have said that demand for
shifting was an off shoot of ongoing debate on proposed
construction of new airport at Mopa, adding that decision on Mopa rests with
central government.[Goadesc]
A clear misrepresentation of the situation. Mopa is not a recent
development. It
