New Airport in Palace Ground, J C Nagar !

Friends,

I must thank all the participants on Praja blogs for providing me all the information on airports, terminal capacity, runways, ATC and more ever the information regarding how to obtain the regulatory licenses from GOK, GOI, MoCA, AAI, DGCA, BBMP, Environment and Police departments. Your esteem knowledge has helped me in preparing a project proposal for starting a new airport in Bangalore.

I have identified a central location in Bangalore to build a new airport right in middle of the city. Some of the highlights of this location is as follows:

• Location - Palace Ground
• Access to Palace Ground - It is well connected by well laid roads and railway lines all around it
• Existing flat ground for Tarmac and airside operation - I am refering to Polo ground that already exists.
• Existing mud path running from one end to othe other end and it is well hardened suitable for developing into a Runway.
• TV Tower to be used for ATC operatiopns - Why should govt be involved in TV broadcasting business (It is Socialism)
• All the access roads around it are being converted into signal free with "MAGIC Boxes".
• Police Commissionerate is just in the Backyard of it for security operations at the airport
• Existing railway line can be used for dedcated railway connectivity from City Station, R K Puram, Whitefield, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore East and Cantonment stations.
• BMTC already runs its fleet all around its periphery
• For Cargo, use the existing Postal depot located on right side of the Jayamahal Road just before the underpass.
• The upgraded Cantonment Railway Booking facilities can be made use for Ticketing and Checkin.
• DGCA I believe is very lienent in granting airport license. Example is BIAL.
• Customs Clearance can be done in its offices at Infantry Road and goods to be picked up from the Postal Depot. Like in BIAL, customs papers are processed in HAL and then goods are picked from BIAL.
• Since HAL ATC operators are right now are not fully occupied, would do the major work. Doordarshan employees can be asked to do the required on-site operations from Doordarshan kendar and its tower. Later on they would be certified as qualified ATC personnel.
• All the Major 5 Star Hotels are in close proximity.
• For medical emergencies, nursing homes and hospitals are located in all its 4 corners.
• For convenience, my autorickshaw/taxi industry friends have agreed to run helicopter service from Vidhan Soudha for our busy law makers.

These are some of the highlights of this new airport plan. There is only one bottleneck in my plan. The no airport within 150 km of BIA rule. But after the AAI's report and recomendation to start the HAL airport commercial traffic, my sources tells me that it is only matter of days before this rule is struck down from BIAL CA agreement.

Friends let me know if I have missed anything in my plan for the new airport. Since you all have expertise in aviation and it allied industry, I look forward to your esteem suggestions and advice.

Syed