personally I don't think it'd make that much a difference. And certainly one is not going to become airlines favourite at the expense of the other. Both cities have their identity.

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    Does that mean there would be vast difference in the quality of work executed at both airports. will a technically superior airport operater give a particular airport an edge over another?

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 mumbai wallas will kill me now.....

Haha Dnt worry they wont do that you are just expressing your opinion. Anyways guys here is a new update. The Centuar Hotel near the Airport would have to be relocated as it would come under the path of new taxi track. The article also talks about hotel doing good business i wonder what kind of people put up there. Personally i prefer Raddisson and thats near the airport too.

 

With the proposed modernisation of Delhi airport moving at a fast pace,

a question mark hangs over the future of the Centaur hotel at the

airport. Official sources told Business Line that the promoters of the

new airport had written to Air India pointing out that the existing hotel could come in the way of the proposed taxi track that is to come up as part of the future expansion of the airport.

In view of this development, AI has sought more details including the timeframe during which the proposed taxi track would come up and has

put on hold its plans of giving out the property on a long-term management contract.

The airline management was looking at giving out the hotel on lease

for at least 30 years.

"If the hotel falls in front of the proposed taxi track, then it may have to relocated to another site. If that were to happen, what sense does it

make for us to enter the market now and look for a party who would

like to take the hotel on a long-term management basis?" senior AI officials asked.

Meanwhile, the Centaur hotel continues to do brisk business.

"The hotel has been reporting a high occupancy rate and is now a self-sustaining unit," a senior AI official said.

 one very much doubts that place is doing any meaningful business. You rarely see much activity over there and curtains are drawn most of the time. 

Correctly said Asseem. Infact these hotels act as good places or venues for one night stands. I wonder how many people come in stay in Centuar for days rather than just a couple of hours.. Anyways not deviating from the topic. a New update in regards to DIAL

Saturday, 20 May , 2006

New Delhi: A new low-cost terminal, airport staff trained by the Taj group of hotels in house-keeping duties, a more efficient air traffic control system that cuts down on flight delays and a world-class experience with huge amount of duty-free shopping area would soon await passengers using the Delhi airport.

This and more could become a possibility with the GMR-led consortium mandated to modernise Delhi having hired a host of international consultants to assist in the project implementation. The promoters are said to be keen that the proposed airport be noted among the "best of the class" airport in the region.

Consultancy services

While an HR firm, Growtalent, will soon start talking individually and collectively to all the 2,400 employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to chalk out their career progression plan, plans are also afoot to send certain sections of AAI staff to some key airports globally to sensitise them to working of their counterparts.

Besides, the UK-based Mott MacDonald has been hired as the lead technical advisor to the project and three companies including National Air Traffic Services of UK, Airservices Australia and German ATC are in the race for providing consultancy services to improve the efficiency of air traffic controller.

Other facilities

Also on the anvil are not only a combined international and domestic terminal but also a parallel runway. Both the facilities are likely to be ready well before Delhi hosts the Commonwealth Games in 2010.

Work is also expected to start soon on refurbishing Terminal IB, which is currently used as the domestic departure terminal for most private airlines.

While a clearer picture on the physical contours of the new airport would emerge after the plans are frozen with the Government in the next six months, the promoters have made a start by improving areas where passengers come into direct contact with the facilities at the airport.

centuar hotel is pretty far there are slums just about 100 feet away 4m the runway 2709 wat do u say

They will have to go to i bet. If Centuar Hotel can be relocated then i guess slums offcourse mate.....

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Quote: As the DIAL (Delhi International Airport Limited) and MIAL (Mumbai International Airport Limited) Vabby its not DIAL n MIAL they r called DEL n BOM respectively  

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 I know that Bro but the companies which would carrying out the task are DIAL & MIAL respectively

 

Time will tell the tales of horror. But continuing with the update in regard to DIAL activities. The plan put up by IIT Delhi 2 years back to streamline the traffic at DEL Airport seems to have been put on fast track by the GMR-Fraport Consortium. Here is the press release below

 

 

New Delhi, May 29: ABOUT two years back, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, prepared a plan to regulate traffic in and around both the domestic and international airports. But it hardly took off. Now, GMR-Fraport, the private company mordernising the airport, is reviving that plan.

‘‘GMR wants us to update the plan and also incorporate other features as per their requirements and assessments,’’ said Dr Geetam Tewari, professor, Traffic Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), IIT Delhi.

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According to Tewari, the revision of the plan, originally framed for the Airports Authority of India (AAI), will take another two or three weeks. Once it is ready, GMR-Fraport plans to implement it on a fast-track basis.

‘‘GMR’s main focus is to improve parking facilities, besides re-routing arrival and departure traffic. They also want us to improve plans for a long-term parking facility, keeping in mind the traffic volume expected by 2010,’’ said Tewari.

At present, the Delhi airport gets about 10 million passengers annually. This figure is estimated to increase to 35 million by 2010.

Meanwhile, GMR has also sought the help of the traffic police to control taxis and autorickshaws around the airport, besides managing the pre-paid booth area.

‘‘We have had a couple of meetings with GMR officials on the issue,’’ said P C Hota, DCP Traffic, Southern range. ‘‘GMR also wants spacious entry and exit areas, and space to be earmarked for buses,’’ he added.

The pre-paid taxi stand at Terminal 1-B of the domestic airport will be shifted. About 250 taxis that operate from here will be parked in a plot at nearby Mehramnagar, owned by the Airports Authority of India.

The space that will be freed opposite the terminal will be used for parking private cars.

What GMR wants
* Improved parking facilities
* No traffic snarls at entry and exit points
* Earmarked space for buses
* Clear overcrowding by taxis, autorickshaws
* Streamline pre-paid system to make it passenger friendly

What TRIPP-IIT plans
* Separate lanes, pull-in bays and parking lots for private cars, taxis, buses and three-wheelers
* Electronic sensors to monitor waiting time of taxis in the drop-off area of the departure wing
* Luggage trolleys at convenient locations
* Regulate access and speed of all traffic
* Improved lighting, drainage
* Clear signs and information systems
* Clearly-defined spaces around dormitories, toilets, canteens, kiosks etc.
* Remove the bottlenecks around the ‘‘meet-and-greet’’ points, lounges, entrances and exits
* All paths and ramps to have trolley and wheelchair-friendly gradients

i hope it is real cause vabby this is india n not australia u kno here they say but dont do in australia they say as well as do it

Speaking of the Metros, there is a plan to link the first line of the Mumbai Metro (Versova-Ghatkopar) directly to the International Terminal at BOM. This was in the news a couple of days ago; can't find the link now. This would enable passengers alighting at the airport to directly board the Metro instead of haggling with cabbies.

- Vivek

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  Think positively dude and u will sure see something gud. Delhi metro and now mumbai metro and banglore metro are clear examples that things are possible in india also...

Airport modernisation first phase to be over by 2010

Staff Reporter

Work to be completed well before the Commonwealth Games

NEW DELHI: The Phase I modernisation of Delhi airport will be completed by March 2010, well before the Commonwealth Games, GMR Group officials informed during an interaction here with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Delhi State Council on Monday.

GMR Infrastructure Limited General Manager P. Pannicker said the master plan for the airport would be completed by September this year and by January 2007 construction would start.

Pointing out that passenger traffic at present was 16.2 million and was expected to grow at 15 per cent over the next five years, Mr. Pannicker said Phase I of the project on completion would have one integrated terminal catering to about 30 to 35 million passengers.

During his interaction with CII Delhi State Council, Mr. Pannicker said GMR had set some early success targets that would be finished within four months from now. These include terminal 1 B's facelift, toilet renovation, improving housekeeping standards and seating arrangements.

Earlier, CII Delhi State Council Chairman Ankur Bhatia said restructuring and modernisation of the airport would add to the economic growth tremendously and have a wider implication for the aviation sector in general for the country.

Congratulating GMR for its comprehensive planning and preparation, CII Delhi State Council Vice-Chairman Kartikeya Bharat Ram said the airport was the real show window of the entire country as it left a lasting impression on people visiting here. "Though people get a wrong impression at present, GMR's work would certainly go a long way in creating a positive impact about Delhi and the country as a whole," he added.