Hyderabad’s new international airport has crossed the 1 million passengers mark in 50 days of operation. The airport opened for commercial traffic on March 23, 2008.
It is handling a slightly larger daily load than the old Begumpet airport, with 248 flights a day compared to Begumpet’s 218.
Connectivity is still seen as a problem though the airport [...]
The photos below were taken on the runway of Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhbaneswar on May 1, 2008.
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I have written about the bus service from various points in the city to the new airport at Shamsabad. In that post I provided a map of the Begumpet area with the Paryatak Bhavan highlighted. Since then some more information has cropped up.
The buses run every 30 minutes from Paryatak Bhavan, Begumpet, and the run takes [...]
The following is an email sent by Prem S. Mani to an internal email list at work. Prem describes the experience of landing at Hyderabad’s spanking new “International” Airport at Shamsabad.
Hi,
Sharing my experience with the so called Airport with International Standards.
I was traveling in Deccan Flight from Coimbatore to Hyderabad. Original Travel time was 19:30 to [...]
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