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threekay76 Member
Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 180 Location: Chennai, India
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:13 pm Post subject: BIAL Test Flight and go live date |
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Dunno if this has been posted already BIAL Test Flight is scheduled for Jan 2008. The official date for inauguration has been tentatively announced as 2nd of Apr 2008
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Nimish Member
Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 9757 Location: Bangalore, India
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: BIAL Test Flight and go live date |
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threekay76 wrote: | Dunno if this has been posted already BIAL Test Flight is scheduled for Jan 2008. The official date for inauguration has been tentatively announced as 2nd of Apr 2008
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Hi KK - welcome to AI.net!
Yes - this information has been posted before - though it get routinely repeated every month in the media like there's some new information. The BIAL team had announced a 2/April inaugural date for the BIAL airport a couple of months ago, and said they were not a race to open first (HYD opens in March 2008), but wanted to provide enough time for logistics and testing before inauguration. |
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andrew Member
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 212
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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Its beginning to sound like they are quietly positioning themselves for a race however. To say they will be ready in January for trials but scheduled launch only on APRIL 2....... hmmm!! The only thing that could stop a 'race' would be that some wise pollie has decided that April 2 is a very auspicious date bacause the poor airport is a Manglik and therefore will need to be married to a cow first!! |
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stealthpilot Member
Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2325 Location: BLR, DXB
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:04 am Post subject: |
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andrew wrote: | The only thing that could stop a 'race' would be that some wise pollie has decided that April 2 is a very auspicious date bacause the poor airport is a Manglik and therefore will need to be married to a cow first!! |
Hahahah quite possible in India, but I doubt the operators of BIAL are in the same league.
It will take a few months of testing; maybe the January deadline is optimistic or provides them a buffer?
OT, interesting article http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE120070510114704&Page=1&Title=Bangalore&Topic=0
According to Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) CEO Albert Bruner, the airport’s runway would easily accommodate the A-380 as it is being made to Code-F specifications, which demand a greater width for the runways, taxiways and the distance between two parallel taxiways.
“In any case, the A-380 is allowed to land on a Code-E runway,” Bruner said, explaining that the Code-E is the standard for a Boeing 747.
He reasoned that the capability to handle the football-field-sized aircraft on a regular basis would depend on the airport expansion plans in about six years or so -- which means a second runway and an extended terminal building. The reason that BIAL does not expect the A-380 in Bangalore yet is that Delhi and Mumbai are bigger markets, Bruner said _________________ eP007 |
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