2008/8/18 Philip Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In TOI 16/8/08, there is this article headlined "Churchill uses I-Day > platform to slam govt". In it there is this line: " [Alemao] cautioned the > government against going ahead with the Mopa airport as that would be > 'disastrous' for Goa and Goans." Now this is all very well and good if the > "Mopa airport" he envisages is the "international project" outlined > erroneously by ICAO. > > But what if Mopa airport is planned and designed as a small regional airport > that doesnt compete with Dabolim for passengers? Then why should a plane > vanilla "Mopa airport" catering to Tier III towns in its vicinty be > disastrous? It would expand the aviation market instead of cannibalising > Dabolim's traffic and jeopardising the latter's future. If Alemao could > bring himself to make this small but significant semantic switch it would > be a huge step for Goa and Goans in aviation. What would it take to make him > and his army of followers do that? That's the million dollar question for > Goa.
QUESTION: Are you so much in the know, that you can make the statements that you do and are you so confident that it will be a small Airport linking only the locality? Even if this is the case, why burden the Goan tax payer for something which will benefit only a few - perhaps more benefit for across the border? -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
