<It is highly unlikely that both Dabolim and Mopa will remain operational simultaneously. Goa which is a much smaller place than Bangalore or Hyderabad cannot economically sustain two airports. Mopa has vested interests as Rajan earlier commented. There are people who have purchased vast tracts of land near Mopa and stand to lose if the airport does not come through.Regards,Marshall>
Sure, there is no guarantee that two airports in Goa can remain operational simultaneously. It can be done and it has to be managed, not either taken for granted or given up without even lifting a finger. And sure, Mopa was clearly agreed to by ICAO for reasons other than economics. Marshall Mendoza has offered one set of such reasons. What about the obvious one of Dabolim being a military base just as Hyderabad's Begumpet and Bangalore's HAL were until HIA and BIA started this year? Not to mention Cochin's naval air station where a civil enclave operated until CIAL came up in the 1990s. Politicians are soft targets compared to the defense establisment, right? Let's see how things really are before going in for knee jerk reactions.
