If true, this is an interesting development. To my knowledge so far only our two public sector carriers run scheduled international services out of Goa that too to the tune of a mere handful of flights per week by the two of them together. To this we can add the international charter flights which are also apparently to the extent of a few flights per day during the 6-8 month tourist season. Hence the addition of international scheduled services may be a big deal. What I have been wondering about is why Begumpet and HAL airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore grew so rapidly in recent times even though they are (like Dabolim) civil enclaves. We may have done better than only Pune in this respect. Any one have any thoughts to share on this?
