I was one of the lucky / unlucky few who had to travel out of Bangalore on the 1st day of inaguration
My experience to travel out at 7:00 AM in the morning.
The distance was a whopping 60 Kms from my place (HSR) to the new airport while the previous one was less than 15 kms away.
It costed me Rs. 900/- green bucks and 1 hour to travel while HAL costs Rs. 200/- to Rs. 250/-and would take less than 20 minutes time. During peak times, it would take at least 2.5 hours to get there.
For short trips away, I would park my two wheeler at the airport @ approx Rs. 80/- per day at the airport. Now, it would cost me 480/-per day.
The increased consumption of petrol is bound to add to Global warming.
Yes, we do need good airport infrastructure for our cities, but 30 kms away from the city. Does not make sense.
RE:The New airport and passengers
by big shot on May 25, 2008 01:33 AM Permalink
why dont u hire a chopper to to take off straight from ur home to ur destination instead of using flights?, Im sure u whud be one of those software slave or call center biach or businesss biach, so u can afford it :-)
RE:The New airport and passengers
by Subramanya Prasad on May 25, 2008 11:09 AM Permalink
Let's have an airport in each and every corner of Bangalore so that people don't need to travel far. Sorry for the inconvenience.
RE:The New airport and passengers
by Senthil Kumar on May 24, 2008 03:46 PM Permalink
KL airport is 60 Km from the city. Cochin airport is 30 km from the city. No one is compalining about the Distance. It is the access time ease and covenience and not the distance which matters.
RE:The New airport and passengers
by Sumanta Deb on May 24, 2008 04:18 PM Permalink
A friend of mine took exactly 70 mins to travel from BIAL to Agara (HSR) in the Volvo bus service, at 10 am today.
