Station and the Airport

silkboard - 23-SEP-2008

Imagine the noise if our new international airport had no escalators to take you up from check-in area to the departure hall? 'Super shoddy', 'oh these cheapos', coin-your-expletives, or 'like our station' right? Switch over to the City station, and remember how you lugged your stuff up the stairs from the platform to the footbridge and back down again.

We can hear you say - there are porters to help. Why does the airport not save some money by arranging for 50-60 porters? Before this gets into socialism vs capitalism like arguments, analyze this.

Rail for cargo not for people

mcadambi - 16-SEP-2008

GoK is more intent on using the railway infrastructure for Cargo purposes for the proposed Devanahalli Business Park (DBP) and does not seem to be inclined to using it for commuters.

See the "sop" of railways mentioned in the EoI for the DBP :

HAL airport reopening - Connectivity and Access first, reopen later.

kbsyed61 - 16-SEP-2008

If powers that be are determined to reopen HAL airport for commercial operations, whether for full fledged operations or limited, connectivity and access issues must be fixed first. I am voting here for a "Connectivity and Access First, Airport Later" campaign. Here are some high level items that should get addressed before the airport resumes its commercial operations.

Connectivity:

BIA is shoddy: Yeddyurappa

mcadambi - 9-SEP-2008

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/New-Bangalore-international-airport-shoddy--Karnataka-CM/359223/

"It's shoddy compared to all airports in India," he said at a function at Vidhan Soudha, the State Secretariat."

AAI messed up the runway at BIA

mcadambi - 5-SEP-2008

Our dear AAI (Airports Authority of India) has messed up the landing facilities at BIA and HIA:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/09/03/stories/2008090351240900.htm 

BIAL Completes 100 days !

kbsyed61 - 1-SEP-2008

BIAL has completed its 100 days of operation. It must have gone thru unique experience of trying to cater to different quarters with different expectations.

Here is the official media release from BIAL.

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COURTSEY - BIAL

Weblink - http://www.bengaluruairport.com/portal/page/portal/...

Praja Q&A with Mr Brunner - postponed

admin123 - 28-AUG-2008

BIAL had called in today to say that as part of their "100 days" campaign, they want to organize a Q&A session with Praja. We are looking at a 30-45 minute long 1-on-1 meeting with Mr Albert Brunner, the BIAL CEO. They will take 2 to 5 Praja.in members. The meeting should happen sometime in September (orig date was 30th Aug, now postponed). Interested?

Update on BIAL-RTI's !

kbsyed61 - 24-AUG-2008

Respected Prajagale,

The BIAL-RTI efforts workgroup is working in the back preparing the ground for filing the applications. In fact today we had the first Telephonic Meeting to discuss the further actions on this front. As of now, this is the status on BIAL-RTI efforts (see original post):

NHAI: Hebbal - Yelahanka - BIAL

tsubba - 23-AUG-2008

Work on road to BIA from Nov DH News Service, Bangalore Work on the much awaited six-lane elevated road between Hebbal and Yelahanka bypass to facilitate smooth traffic to and from the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) will start from November this year.

AAI employees to go on strike...

kbsyed61 - 19-AUG-2008

In BIAL discussions, there were arguments and counter arguments about BIAL getting monoply status and holding Bangalore avaition hostage etc. There is a news item from "The Hindu" about strike from AAI employees. Is it OK for AAI employees to go on a strike even if it at comes with passenger incovenience and air travellers being held hostage ? I would really look forward to comments/reactions from Praja members on this issue.