Re: [Goanet]Re: Mathany Saldanha on Mopa airport/ My rant

2005-01-10 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
--- Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For starters, it seems every flight from Europe arrives in Mumbai between 1.00 and 3.00 am. The first connecting flight to Goa is at 6.30 am. The choice to international travellers is to either spend four hours trying to stay awake at the airport

[Goanet]RE: Mathany Saldanha on Mopa airport/ My rant

2005-01-10 Thread Philip Thomas
Response to Mervyn Lobo [Jan 9] I have nothing but genuine sympathy for your complaints about Indian airports. They are not pretty places for travellers. But they may well be happy hunting grounds for those who relish chaos, confusion, corruption and the like of which there probably are far too

[Goanet]Re: Mathany Saldanha on Mopa airport/ My rant

2005-01-09 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. The closure of Dabolim after 7 pm is implicitly attributed to the Navy. However, the Navy claims the airport is available from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am. It blames the AAI for being unable to operate at night due to problems of overtime payment etc.