Showing posts with label India airports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India airports. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2008

India Airport Strike .... NOT!

The India Airport Strike has been called off, reports the Business Standard: http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=1&autono=316858&tab=r


The Standard reports that:

The Airport Authority Employees’ Union (AAEU) called off its two-day “non-cooperation” movement after claiming that Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has assured them that contracts like those with airport developers in Hyderabad and Bangalore would not be signed in the future and that jobs in these airports would be protected.

India and China's rapid expansion of airport capacity is an unparalled event in transportation history, and it remains to be seen if the substantial costs do not have many more unintended consequences.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

India to add 500 Airports in next 10-12 years

India plans to add five hundred Airports across the country over the next ten to twelve years according to a recent report. Economic Times reports.



This amazing number of new builds suggests the optimism India has, justifiably, for the burgeoning economy of the country that will eventually become the world's most populous nation. (China's population controls of the past few decades have worked and will keep that population in check, where India is expected to keep growing).