There's no airport in India that can be called world-class. Our airports are simply inefficient - no two things. Apart from that, most of the airports are also dirty.
However, among the ones mentioned in the essay, I really liked Dabolim and Trivandrum airports. This is mainly because they're a throwback to the seventies, if not sixties. They're both small but quaint with tiled roofing, old fashioned personnel and accented announcers. In short, I like these airports the way one likes vintage cars.
Is this article meant to be a joke? I have visited all the airports mentioned and there is nothing great in any of them .... just one picture doesn't say much .... I some countries the train stations better than Indian airports .........
Re: Is this a joke
by Mayank Saxena on Aug 17, 2011 05:55 PM
You guys have not read the article carefully. Rediff talked about 17 best airports of India and as a result all the airports be it Jaipur/ Mumbai/ Nagpur etc. will fall in line. It is a different topic whether they are world class or not.. so just read the article carefully and than comment.
first, these are not that spectacular airports. second, the security is a big headace,even in IGI. they have stupid unwritten rules, always handlesd by etiquette-less CISF personnels
Re: headace
by basanta borah on Aug 01, 2011 12:08 AM
and guwahati? i can not help loughing! see the toilets, more then filthy. mosquitos sing chorus in the evening. disply not working anywhere (luggage belt, deparature), mosquito web in paper flowers in the corner, hanging wires and broken switch boards. and once you exit, the taxi line... well it does not exist! its defense airport, pix not allowed, but i have qquite a few pix, of all these allegations. i wrote to the company who manages the airport, they said, they can not take care of these, i should write to AAI. can you beleive?... the bottom line: india shining !
A SMALL STATE LIKE KERALA HAVING THREE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS AND THE OTHER BIG STATES LIKE UP AND MP IS FAR AWAY FROM KERALA. BUT COMPARE TO RAILWAY FACILITIES KERALA IS IN A PATHETIC CONDITION.
Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Arun on Aug 03, 2011 08:53 AM
3 international airports serving to majority of gulf locations and few in south east Asia!!!!! Are they truly international? Jus' the name international doesnt mean "International".
Re: Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Chengannur Tiruvalla on Oct 18, 2011 08:02 AM
The airport was given the international airport status in February 2006 after it enhanced infrastructural facilities for handling international flights. ................. Above quote is from the article about .. 16. Calicut Airport
Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Sam Peter on Jul 31, 2011 11:34 PM
Kerala is the largest tourist destination in India so there is no surprise in that.
Re: Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Arun on Aug 03, 2011 09:01 AM
Kerala ... largest tourist destination? Joke of the year !!! none of the tourists take a direct flight into Kerala's Airports. The tourist destination of India is Goa.Kerala has a weird way of stealing from tourists. Check their tariff... it doubles from offseason to "season" to "chrismas week". Ofcourse, I love Kerala for its scenic beauty but the people are really bad. The mallus living out of Kerala are better.
Re: Re: Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Naveen Madhu on Feb 15, 2012 12:56 PM
Kerala has tourist coming from most of the middle east country - UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi....then there are tourist from Egypt, Lebanon, Malaysia etc. Last year people from ruling family of Bahrain visited kerala. more then 10 international flights are arriving in all airports of Kerala.
Re: Re: Re: GODS OWN COUNTRY HAVING THREE AIRPORTS
by Chengannur Tiruvalla on Oct 18, 2011 07:56 AM
Kerala is getting a 4th int'l airport at Kannur ...
Hopefully, the 5th int'l airport will be at Aranmula ...
Kerala gets tourist charter flights ... Goa gets all drug addicts, s*x addicts, etc.
NSC Bose international airport,Kolkata being called spectacular is a joke.In fact,a new airport terminal is being constructed and I hope it will be really spectacular.
Spectacular means sensational or thrilling,in that sense not all are spectacular.They are just upto the standard.I consider Singapore Changi airport as really spectacular !
By the way,we have to put spectacular people also in airline services to make the buildings spectacular.Many staffs are old,slow and at times rude.
Rediff and All Readers, I work for external cladding work company and having 16 years of field experience. I got the chance to work on three international airport projects in india i.e. Mumbai, Delhi, Goa. Also I worked as a private consultant for two other B-tier airport i.e Raipur and Chandigarh. All I know is, the excecuted quality of all material is very substandard. All the contractors are selected by AAI (Airport Authority) on the basis of Bribe & comission. All the officers in AAI are corrupt. Even Mr. Praful Patel took commission in Mumbai Airport New terminal, which is under construction. In this scam ridden country, this scam is not yet made public, because thr are so much already in the news, so nobody have time to do investigation in this. As per Govt. Policy in first phase apart from Four Major Metros, 38 other Tier-B airports in small cities to be renovated. For which bribe and commission rates are already fixed depending upon the type of contract awarded to companies. So Rediff, Pls make ur self correct and rename this article as 10 worst airports in India. Note: Photo of Mumbai Intl Airport is not correct. Photo shown is of domestic airport.
Srininagar Airport should have been named after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru - the first Indian prime minister; he is the best known Kashmiri in the world !
And much credit goes to him for creating the current situation of Kashmir for an independant and soverign India.
Modern India which has been governed by his own descendant party the Congress, has and is governing the country for so many years, so I suspect the government is all equipped to defend/ secure the airport with the name change.
Absolutely ridiculous how can Kolkata airport find itself being called "spectacular". It is the worst possible airport in India. No modernisation, worst baggage handling, even touts in baggage handling, very dirty, worst passenger amenities. Major airline slike British Airways shifted out of Kolkata, Lufthansa is also planning to do the same. All these have been because of CITU. These idiot communists wherever they go want to remain backward. Modernisation of Kolkata airport has been strictly opposed by Communists and CITU. Communists go and live in mud houses and lick the fett of ur Chinese masters. Hope Mamta Banerjee will do something for the modernisation of this important airport.
Re: KOLKATA AIRPORT IS THE WORST AIRPORT IN INDIA
by New Jersey on Aug 01, 2011 01:50 PM
there r hardly any flights departing from kolkata. - Internationally..
Re: KOLKATA AIRPORT IS THE WORST AIRPORT IN INDIA
by sumit mukherjee on Jul 30, 2011 04:24 PM
Trade unionism is always a problem in Kolkata and it is not limited to CITU. The other unions are equally bad. That aside, i think you should know that improvement of airports is the sole prerogative of AAI and not a state matter. So, Mamata Banerjee has no say on this matter. Finally, the Kolkata airport upgradation project has been started almost 2 years back and the new terminal should become operational in 2012, if things go according to plan.
Re: KOLKATA AIRPORT IS THE WORST AIRPORT IN INDIA
by stanumedia on Jul 31, 2011 11:50 AM
I was in Kolkata airport a week back and I can confidently say this is one of the WORST and PATHETIC airports of India!! There are not even enough seats for checked-in passangers to sit! I was sitting on the steps of the staircase~! I felt ashamed to do so! The airport looks dirty, shabby and untidy!
Re: Re: KOLKATA AIRPORT IS THE WORST AIRPORT IN INDIA
by manoj poonia on Jul 31, 2011 12:17 PM
NO QUESTION AOUT THIS....THIS IS WORST....... Its matter of shame that its an international airport.
Delhi T3 - Walk for miles inside the airport....Comeout for your car, and you will enter a cellar like area that is so suffocating
Bangalore - 1-2 hours of torture to reach the airport
Hyd - Same as Bnglr...but manageable
Kol - No comments!! Fish market is generally better than this airport
Best airports are - Goa, Cochin, Ahmedabad, etc with something like "Walk to Work" for passengers.
Mumbai - Though congested one, there is no nonsense both inside as well as outside the airport. You hit the highway in flat 3 min once you comeout. Lucky one that is not yet "WORLD CLASS"!!
