Sunday, June 14, 2015

Airports Infrastructure Improvement

  1.  New runways in high traffic airports. Creating new runways in existing airports is far viable & cost effective than creating new airports in the short run. New runways at Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi will help in long run. It might look like unnecessary but started will help in future growth. Airports are great centres of GDP growth. Chennai airport failed to open new runway due to bad planning and construction even after construction. Several initiatives in Chennai airport failed like broken glasses falling after new airport, poor toilets, poor transport in and out of airport, taxis shortage, no govt bus operation through airports, no trolleys at peak hours for passengers, no help for disabled movement only some airlines help but govt doesn’t have separate team.
  2. Privatisation of airports not a necessity is a way of getting out of work by govt. of India. After spending so much spends to modernise airports we are close to nearing complete excellence in airport operations. We need to improve in certain areas. Airports and Railways are not supposed to privatised since it causes difficulty in military operations and leakage of info to other agencies. Operations and security should be with Govt of India. Certain regions like trolley, cleaning, baggage movement are only given as contracts but even airports struggle inspite of all theis because Govt is not strict with them.
  3. Tourism based airports are necessary on immediate or long planning like for Shirdi temple were public need to go to Pune and then take bus to Shirdi. The direct planes will help greatly for devotees. Direct flights from Mumbai to Thirupathi will help devotees currently airlines operated only from Hyderabad to Thirupathi.
  4. Helicopters service from base to top of hill station at selecting regions and popular hill stations were more public travel. Leading to faster travel and reduced traffic for high value customers organised by Govt. helicopters. Private helicopters can also be given space to operate to promote foreign tourists or mini planes for transportation will help faster movement.
  5. Customs security should not be restricted to manual checking by CISF jawans. Security check by using advanced human scanners on pass through and baggage check by both aeroplane security and the CISF. Passengers from abroad entering India needs to be mandatorily complete baggage check. Currently baggage check only compulsory only for outbound passengers is done but inbound passengers can escape security by bringing drugs or violate customs rules which is a logical security failure or having partnership with their country agency can enter India without having baggage check done on entering Indian airport. This has to be changed, immigration needed to be tightened and new policies and checks in place need to be brought in.
  6. Jumping from small aeroplanes for adventure is famous outside India. Govt. must provide licenses for adventure sports in India using aeroplanes.

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