There is enough written about the Bengaluru International Airport in the press, blogs, etc. Most of the articles, blogs that I have come across or rather all of the blogs which have been selected by newspapers have contained criticisms about BIA. It was ridiculous to read some one 
complaining about the kind of trolley at BIA (I have seen the same trolleys at other airports).
My take on BIA… it is a wonderful airport but it is small. I think we have come a long way from the HAL airport but not gone the full distance!! If any person was expecting the airport to be like Changi or Heathrow from the day it started operations… I guess the problem lies with the expectations. For a beginning… this is a good airport. The only problem is that the airport is small.
I think the road from Jakkur to BIA is as good as it can be. I have
traveled more than thrice to the airport till date and I have not taken more than 90 minutes anytime…. I once traveled all the way from my house (in Banashankari) which was estimated to take more than 2 and half hours according to TOI. The critics had written off the airport before it even opened…. All those people seem to have gone into hiding now!!
I also traveled by the Volvo bus last week…. And it took one hour to reach Infantry Road. It was a pleasant experience.
I dint want to write about the airport being good until I had experience more than once. Also, I wanted to write only after the excitement of the new airport vanishing. Both of them have happened now and the airport still looks good for me! People who want to complain can find a reason to complain about everything in life…………
complaining about the kind of trolley at BIA (I have seen the same trolleys at other airports).My take on BIA… it is a wonderful airport but it is small. I think we have come a long way from the HAL airport but not gone the full distance!! If any person was expecting the airport to be like Changi or Heathrow from the day it started operations… I guess the problem lies with the expectations. For a beginning… this is a good airport. The only problem is that the airport is small.
I think the road from Jakkur to BIA is as good as it can be. I have
traveled more than thrice to the airport till date and I have not taken more than 90 minutes anytime…. I once traveled all the way from my house (in Banashankari) which was estimated to take more than 2 and half hours according to TOI. The critics had written off the airport before it even opened…. All those people seem to have gone into hiding now!!I also traveled by the Volvo bus last week…. And it took one hour to reach Infantry Road. It was a pleasant experience.
I dint want to write about the airport being good until I had experience more than once. Also, I wanted to write only after the excitement of the new airport vanishing. Both of them have happened now and the airport still looks good for me! People who want to complain can find a reason to complain about everything in life…………
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I have not seen the airport yet, but am I glad to see your blog or what!!! Considering how the road to railway station gets clogged on weekends, the new airport road appears to be great, and what makes this minuscule fraction of people who travel by air (over ppl who travel by bus/train) think that ppl can miss trains/buses due to traffic but they should'nt be missing flights? Infrastructure all around needs to be improved, not just the approach road to airport, for now, it appears to be just fine.
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