Kolkata (CCU) | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

[killerk]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

Why? Can not be? For dredging of a canal we need foreign experts or what? If so then only god can help India..

I never said experts had to be foreign!!! i only said Jadavpur university sounded a little odd!!!

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by killerk

I never said experts had to be foreign!!!

No you didn't. Sorry for that.

Originally Posted by killerk

i only said Jadavpur university sounded a little odd!!!

Jadavpur is a leading Techinal University along with Khargpur IIT, ISI here. They have assisted state govt for several water, dam, flood control projects. So, it shouldn't be a big deal for them.

[killerk]

Originally Posted by SarafIndian

No you didn't. Sorry for that.



Jadavpur is a leading Techinal University along with Khargpur IIT, ISI here. They have assisted state govt for several water, dam, flood control projects. So, it shouldn't be a big deal for them.

lol.....looks like u r from there!! and u missed out BEC Shibpur!! (which leaves scope for another argument)

[SarafIndian]

West Bengal gets first Centre for Perishable Cargo

West Bengal Friday got its first Centre for Perishable Cargo (CPC) at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport here. It was inaugurated by Minister of State for Commerce, Industry and Power Jairam Ramesh.


The CPC has an annual storage capacity of 12,000 million tonnes, 10 times higher than the present export of perishable goods from the Kolkata airport.

"Its installed capacity should be utilised to the maximum potential," Ramesh told reporters on the occasion.

The 742.5 square metres CPC, built and operationalised with a 100 percent grant-in-aid of Rs.67.5 million by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) of the commerce ministry, was under trial operation from June 2008.

Kolkata being the gateway for exports to Southeast Asia, the commissioning of this CPC would prove beneficial for West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand and all the northeast states.

At present, seasonal fruits, vegetables and chilled fish of perishable category are exported from Kolkata by air.

West Bengal's second CPC is under construction at Bagdogra and will be operational by March 2009, Ramesh said.

APEDA would also finance a Rs.55 million Export Cargo Complex at Haldia. It would be constructed within one year after the state government selected a contractor for the project, Ramesh added.

[SarafIndian]

Originally Posted by killerk

lol.....looks like u r from there!! and u missed out BEC Shibpur!! (which leaves scope for another argument)

No, I am not from Jadavpur. I did my engineering from a north bengal college. Yes, I missed Shibpur's name.

[sidney_jec]

Source: TOI

Garbage dumps near airport could turn into parks
15 Oct 2008, 0522 hrs IST, Suman Chakraborti,TNN

KOLKATA: No more dumping of waste material and garbage on empty plots outside the airport. These vacant plots-turned-dumping grounds surrounding t
he airport could now turn into quaint little parks.

Kolkata airport's environment committee recently met with civic authorities to discuss the increasing menace of birds, dogs and jackals entering the airport runways. It was found that waste piling up on vacant plots around the airport was attracting animals. According to rules, no garbage should be dumped within a 10-km radius of the airport.

An idea was floated at the meeting that the civic body could turn these dumping spots into small parks and hand over their maintenance to private firms, if required.

Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality chairman Tapas Chatterjee said they were appointing private agencies to keep an eye on these vacant plots to prevent dumping of waste on them. "We are appointing private agencies to keep an eye on these empty plots so that people do not dump garbage there," he said.

Civic officials said the municipality is facing problems disposing solid waste effectively as it does not have any dumping ground of its own. "At present, solid waste is disposed of at a ground that falls under the jurisdiction of South Dum Dum Municipality. However, the problem will soon end as the Centre has sanctioned a Rs 27-crore solid waste management project," said an official.

[sidney_jec]

Source: TOI

AI's Kolkata service to London axed
15 Oct 2008, 0519 hrs IST, Arpit Basu,TNN

KOLKATA: Air India has decided to ground its thrice weekly Kolkata-London service from October 28, barely three months after it was reintroduced t
his July. The pullout will slash connectivity between Kolkata and London by half, with only British Airways continuing to offer a direct service.

AI officials cited poor load due to inconvenient flight schedule for the decision to suspend operations on the sector. The move comes a day after private carriers Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines decided to join hands and service markets in a bid to rationalise operational costs. Saddled with mounting losses, AI has begun to slash flights with poor yield. "The Kolkata-London flight was axed as it was hardly drawing passengers," an AI official said.

Citing an inconvenient landing slot at Heathrow Airport for the poor load, the official explained that US-bound passengers did not board the flight as it entailed an eight-hour wait in London due to night curfew on flights. Over 75% of London-bound passengers are transit travellers to the US and Canada.

In the past seven flights, the average passenger load factor on the sector was less than 15%. Although the seven flights had a cumulative capacity of 1,953 seats, only 270 flew to London. On Tuesday, the London-bound flight took off with just 22 passengers. The Airbus 330-200 has 279 seats.

AI had introduced the Kolkata-London operation in June 2005, with a Boeing 777-800 aircraft. Later, a B747 aircraft was introduced due to perennial technical snags in the B777 aircraft. In early May 2008, the service was suspended due to the shortage of pilots. The flight was reintroduced on July 28 with an A330 aircraft.

"We are currently losing Rs 40 lakh per flight. While this affects the airline's yields, it is particularly hurting now because of the current market turmoil," an AI operations official said.

AI officials said the carrier had sought a convenient time slot from the authorities at Heathrow but failed to attain it. Now, with the airline hitting the airpocket, AI has decided to suspend operations on the sector with no time-frame for its reintroduction.

Passengers already booked on flights beyond July 27 will be endorsed on flights from Delhi or Mumbai. "The AI domestic network will be used to transport the passengers to Delhi or Mumbai," the AI official said.

Rina Chatterjee, who was booked on the last flight on October 26, is relieved to have just about made it before the service is withdrawn. "I am going to New York. Being wheelchair-bound, I do not know what would have happened if I had to change the aircraft in Mumbai or Delhi. It's unfortunate that the service is being withdrawn," she said.

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by kolkatausa

British Airways is just more popular than the little old AI. I think Bengalis connect more with British standards and services than they do with a Hindustani airline. I prefer BA over AI anytime.

Perhaps you are right. Atleast your observation is true with my relations who either transit or fly to UK.

I personally had a bad experience when I first flew BA out of Chennai in 2003where they ran out of stock of non-vegetarian food, did not respond to passenger queries or give a suitable explaination and as we got off at London they did not give bother to give us any feedback forms!!

Subsequent two trips were good though.

[uk_manc]

Originally Posted by kolkatausa

British Airways is just more popular than the little old AI. I think Bengalis connect more with British standards and services than they do with a Hindustani airline. I prefer BA over AI anytime.

As a British Hindustani of Bengali Ethnicity, i strongly disagree. Flying with British Airways is a mixture of rude staff, lost baggage and delays. Flown once with Air India, and although its an extremely basic airline, its cheap and cheerful. Emirates is the best way to travel to kolkata in my humble opinion.

[Suncity]

My experience with flying thrice on British Airways to Kolkata is that some of their staff was pretty rude especially if they have to deal with a plane load of desis. The Bangladeshi and Indian (origin) staff of BA are more polite and nicer.

But airline experiences will always differ. Sometimes you have good flights, sometimes bad flights.

[phaedrus]

Originally Posted by Suncity

But airline experiences will always differ. Sometimes you have good flights, sometimes bad flights.

my experience with BA has been bad throughout. but as you said, the south asian origin staff are a bit nicer.
i always try and avoid taking BA.

[arijeetb]

30 months to makeover

The Rs 2,100 crore modernisation project of Calcutta airport is finally underway. Metro gets to watch the first flush of work in progress and takes a closer look at the bigger picture.

WHAT: The first of the three-phase modernisation programme involves a 1,80,000 square metre state-of-the art integrated terminal building, extension of secondary runway, six parking bays and a rapid taxiway to host Airbus 380 (the largest aircraft in the world). Plus, a new air traffic control tower.

WHY: Calcutta airport now handles 7 million passengers annually. By 2012, it is likely to handle nearly 20 million passengers annually. So there is an urgent need for more check-in-counters, high-speed X-ray system and conveyor belts in the terminal building; more runway, parking and taxiing room for aircraft; also, more space for car park.

WHO: The Thai-Indian consortium ITD-ITD CEM was awarded the letter of intent by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on October 6.

A 15-member expert team from Thailand is now camping in town. This is the same team that was instrumental in the making of Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok.

RJM of Hong Kong and Airport De Paris, with Indian partners Sikka Associates, have designed the new terminal building.

The Rs 95-crore project of secondary runway extension and construction of new parking bays and taxiway is being done by Bangalore-based Vishal Infrastructure Ltd.

WHEN: The work on the runway, parking bays and a rapi
d taxiway is already underway and will be completed within a year. Work on the terminal building is scheduled to start from the first week of November, said S.P.S. Bakshi, the executive director of the modernisation project of Calcutta airport.

“The work will be completed within 30 months,” said Werapol Asapa, the contract manager of ITD.

The timeframe for the new ATC tower has not yet being finalised.

HOW: The work for secondary runway extension — 400 metre on the northern side — and construction of new parking bays and a rapid taxiway has picked up pace.

For the integrated terminal building project, the piling work will be taken up first. “The land is marshy and so huge piling work is needed,” said an ITD official.

Once the piling work is complete, the construction of the building will begin. First, the underground car parking facility will be constructed for 1,500 to 1,700 cars.

“We are planning to complete the structure of the two-and-a-half storied building before the onset of monsoon in June 2009. Most of the structure will be made of steel,” said Bakshi.

After the building structure is complete, the work on the interiors will start.

“The columns will be built at a separation of 20 to 25 feet to maintain flexibility. This would allow more check-in counters to be extended and conveyor belts installed inside the terminal building without a problem,” Bakshi explained.

Walkalators (walking escalators) , conveyor belts with in-built X-ray machines, elevators, baggage handling area and other modern facilities would be created in phases.

[SarafIndian]

Good news.

HOW: The work for secondary runway extension — 400 metre on the northern side — and construction of new parking bays and a rapid taxiway has picked up pace.

I thought that 2ndary runway was already extended 400 mt on the north side. Here is google map view. May be they still need to do some work. Or are they extending another 400 mt?

[kolkatausa]

Is this airport going to built in addition to the aerotropolis in Durgapur?

Howrah to get international airport
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Government has said that it is planning to set up an airport of international standard in Howrah, to reduce the passenger rush at the Netaji Subhash International Airport.
"There has been a considerable increase of passengers at the NSC Bose International airport and so it was necessary to develop another airport and Howrah was the appropriate place for the purpose," Transport Minister Subhash Chakraborty said at a function in Howrah on Thursday.
Laying the foundation stone of a bus terminus at Ramrajatala in Howrah, Chakraborty said, "at present a consultancy agency deputed by the state government is doing the work of survey and once they give the report, the whole project will be finalised."
Chakraborty said there was land, belonging to the Eastern Railway, beside the Kona Expressway, "but there is some dispute with the land and so we are thinking of some other land."
"We have directed all the MPs and the MLAs of the district to look for land and once they give a report, we will finalise it," Chakraborty said.
When asked why Howrah has been chosen, Chakraborty said, "Howrah is the twin city of Kolkata and an airport in this town was necessary. Moreover Howrah's proximity to Kolkata will also help in developing this airport".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...,prtpage-1.cms

[Nag123]

India also shd give tit for tat for EU countries where flights are not allowed in the night. Those countries flights also should be banned from 12 midnight to 5 morning.

[killerk]

Originally Posted by kolkatausa

Is this airport going to built in addition to the aerotropolis in Durgapur?



http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...,prtpage-1.cms

What?? Kolkata airport crowded????? these neta need to go outside India (or close by to Howrah station) to see what the meaning of "crowded" is..... Durgapur airport makes sense but a second airport in Kolkata metro area...total waste of money!!

[kolkatausa]

Originally Posted by killerk

What?? Kolkata airport crowded????? these neta need to go outside India (or close by to Howrah station) to see what the meaning of "crowded" is..... Durgapur airport makes sense but a second airport in Kolkata metro area...total waste of money!!

As my famous role model Paris Hilton says: "If you got it, flaunt it."

[killerk]

Originally Posted by kolkatausa

As my famous role model Paris Hilton says: "If you got it, flaunt it."

got what????

[kolkatausa]

^OMG...you are so apathetic to what is around you. The WB state gov got::::waits for it; wait for it: wait for it" wait for it: wait for it: loads of Green and in the case of Rupees: Red. and the gov...is hot...i love Brinda Karat. She is the hottest politician in India.

They are cash strapped. All this time, when they were aligned with the center, they have been feeding off the national rooster not to mention Kolkata's growth spurt and all those new taxed migrants from Rajasthan, maharathra, Gujurat, Bihar, Assam, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmaar, and what not.

[SarafIndian]