am writing this article not to degrade the airport at
my home town but to expose and if possible rectify the draw backs that
exist. You yourself can check it out and confirm for yourself and if any
person in power gets to read this i would be extremely grateful to you if
you could please help us out.1) The Calicut-Sharjah and return flight is
very often seen to be cancelled or delayed -the reason being there are only
3 aircrafts of this type with the airline and all of them being more than 20
years old get sick often. Does the airline know the difficulty faced by the
people when their visa get expired and, or when they face disciplinary
action for they delay in reporting for duty.
2) Whenever there is a delay of a flight, unlike other airports there
would be no announcement till, well past the departure time, and it would be
just impossible to find an airline / airport staff to enquire about the
flight status,( they keep themselves away to avoid answering the passengers
)and the security men would never let the passenger out to contact the
airport staff.
3) The so called Budget airline is for the poor man. But the cheap
tickets you get are those bought first-well in advance. Executives can plan
their tour well in advance, but what about the poor labourer whose boss
gives him permission to go on leave just a few days or just a few hours in
advance. Whom does this budget airline benefit-the well off or the poor?
4) The charge for luggage in our budget airline when compared to the
other airline is abnormally high. whom does it benifit- a frequent flying
executive or a labourer come home after 2-3 years slogging in the gulf.
5) During peak seasons especially in the gulf sector there is heavy rush
and the airlines rake in more currency, inspite of that our government owned
airline increases the fare with utter disregard, contrary to reducing the
fare and increaing the number of flights and helping the people.
5) Lastly why not give permission to other airlines, if the fare is low
lets us that and save on our hard earned money.
Editor's Note: Latest development is that state Govt is doing
their bit to help destroy the growth of Calicut airport. They have recently
informed the Airport Authority of India that government cannot acquire
additional land for the development of the airport which Airport Authority
of India requested. This will clip the wings of the international airport
Calicut.
The Airport Authority of India has demanded 162 acres of land on the
southern side of the runway, for developing parking space for 30 aircrafts,
constructing a new terminal and car parking facility. AAI has already
prepared projects worth Rs 300 crore for these schemes. Govt. of Kerala duly
denies any help in this regard.
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- P Kumar Abu
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