RE:government killed gopinath drean
by philip thomas on Jan 02, 2008 10:39 AM Permalink
Wannabe Gopinaths wish list in this regard might include the following (not in any particular order):
1. Making ATF available at international rates (i.e. 70-80% less than in India).
2. Straitening out air routes to reduce fuel consumption and travel time.
3. Converting under-utilised military airbases close to metros into secondary airports into which low cost carriers can fly.
4. Allowing new airports to come up 50 km or more away from other domestic (but not international) airports.
5. Getting the military to shift flight training to more remote places so that airlines can operate more freely into civil enclaves and amortise their capital costs of aircraft.
6. Tackle encroachments and dilatory tactics at government airports in order to enlarge airport space and especially for aircraft parking, parallel taxiways, passenger terminals etc.
7. Avoid Taj Mahal syndrome in airport design and construction to keep airport charges low and hence air fares low.
RE:government killed gopinath drean
by philip thomas on Jan 02, 2008 12:16 PM Permalink
One other important item would be:
8. An institutional mechanism which could distinguish between introductory pricing by new carriers to get a foothold in the business versus predatory pricing by incumbents to put newbies out of business. And which could act expeditiously before damage is done.
