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Old 16th December 2011, 13:21   #646
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To be honest, Pune airport does not have many flights. Plus the flights are expensive when compared to the ones departing from Mumbai. Hence, not many prefer to go via Pune.
Overall, I don't expect huge number of people visiting the airport when compared to other airports. The airport is not very critical from civilian perspective.

Nevertheless, any new road/ bridge that gets built in the city is a welcome change (I know they do these things just before elections, but still it is positive).
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To be honest, Pune airport does not have many flights. Plus the flights are expensive when compared to the ones departing from Mumbai. Hence, not many prefer to go via Pune.
Overall, I don't expect huge number of people visiting the airport when compared to other airports. The airport is not very critical from civilian perspective.
To every man to his own. Have you ever checked flights for Chennai or Bangalore? Every time I have, Pune flights are cheaper. Although its quite the opposite for north/east side flights.

I know so many IT Project Managers complaining about not having direct international flights to Pune (for clients). Its a huge trouble, getting them to stopover at Mumbai and then come by cab/connecting flights. As long as the IT industry is here, expect the demand to stay (or till the international airport comes at Panvel).

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Nevertheless, any new road/ bridge that gets built in the city is a welcome change (I know they do these things just before elections, but still it is positive).
+1 to that. But the administration seems to have some resemblance of a plan for that section of the city, so it seems.
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My observation is that flights off Pune are generally more expensive than the ones off Mumbai.
For international routes, (say Dubai or Frankfurt) the rate difference is around Rs. 3000 + per ticket.
For domestic routes, tickets to East and West India are generally expensive. At times, there is no direct flight in the first place.
It will take a year or two to come down, I guess.

On another note, the garden at Nagpur chawl, near MH Board is now complete. It was under renovation for a long time. Overall the work done is very good.
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I know so many IT Project Managers complaining about not having direct international flights to Pune (for clients). Its a huge trouble, getting them to stopover at Mumbai and then come by cab/connecting flights. As long as the IT industry is here, expect the demand to stay (or till the international airport comes at Panvel).

+1 to that. But the administration seems to have some resemblance of a plan for that section of the city, so it seems.
The international flight from Frankfurt was ok till it started taking an (extra) refueling stop at Tbilisi in Georgia or Ankara in Turkey.
Nevertheless, I find it better to take a stop in Frankfurt than taking that sorry late night cab ride from Mumbai.

Plan for Pune city now? Sounds like locking the door after the horse has bolted. There should have been a plan in place 20 years ago. With a metro network inplace by now.

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My observation is that flights off Pune are generally more expensive than the ones off Mumbai.
For international routes, (say Dubai or Frankfurt) the rate difference is around Rs. 3000 + per ticket.
I would be better off paying the extra 3000 than taking a cab and saving the airfare. Unfortunately, the travel desks dont agree most of the times.
Also, Hyderabad airport was adverstising quite aggressively as a stopover destination some time ago. Not sure what the rates look like. It may be a good choice from Pune airport
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Also, Hyderabad airport was adverstising quite aggressively as a stopover destination some time ago. Not sure what the rates look like. It may be a good choice from Pune airport
Yes Hyderabad are promoting themselves quite aggressively as a flying out / in point. However IMO the advantages are more focused on SE Asia & Middle East. The other connections to Europe / US cost similar or maybe slightly more than Mumbai. But yes they have built an excellent infrastructure in & supporting the Hyderabad airport while at Pune we are still discussing where the next PUNE focused international airport will finally be placed.
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Well, the myth that Pune airport does'nt have much traffic was busted last night.
I was at a place called Maya (in Wagholi). An open air RLC, where, in the span of 2 hours I could see at least 25 planes land in Pune. This, on a Sunday night at that!

So, I suppose, with the increasing growth in the IT and manufacturing sector, all those road widening/new roads to the airport does make sense afterall.
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But yes they have built an excellent infrastructure in & supporting the Hyderabad airport while at Pune we are still discussing where the next PUNE focused international airport will finally be placed.
Aint that true for Bangalore as well ? Dont worry man, I expect my grandkids to be on the inaugural flight out of Pune International Airport at Chakan.
Pune is behind almost all comparable cities in terms of road infrastructure as well.
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I guess we are comparing apples to oranges. All the cities that we compared Pune with are capital cities for their respective states and they themselves are much behind the schedule.

Pune has this dubious distinction of second city of a state which is hugely developed, hardly any other city in India has such similarity. Barring of course the exception Gujarat.
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I guess we are comparing apples to oranges. All the cities that we compared Pune with are capital cities for their respective states and they themselves are much behind the schedule.

Pune has this dubious distinction of second city of a state which is hugely developed, hardly any other city in India has such similarity. Barring of course the exception Gujarat.
Honestly IMO, that is quite a lame excuse. But true in the sense probably when it comes to funds allocation - the metros do get a better chunk of the resources.

Isn't Nagpur supposed to be even more well planned & with better infrastructure than Pune? Apologies if I am wrong on this, but most of my localite friends keep mentioning this. Haven't been to Nagpur yet.
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Honestly IMO, that is quite a lame excuse. But true in the sense probably when it comes to funds allocation - the metros do get a better chunk of the resources.

Isn't Nagpur supposed to be even more well planned & with better infrastructure than Pune? Apologies if I am wrong on this, but most of my localite friends keep mentioning this. Haven't been to Nagpur yet.

Ah! I am not supporting this, of course for all the taxes we pay through our noses, we deserve better, but my point is Pune is place where "people" can make money and when "people" have to make money "infrastructure" has to make its own share of sacrifices (again I am not supporting this). This is not possible (or at least not as easy) in cities like Hyderabad or Bangalore as they are capital cities and generally the places where most investment goes!

I ain't been to Nagpur, but at least Nagpur might not be dealing with the huge inflow of IT body shoppers and students who flock to Pune through out the year for obvious reasons!
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Range Hill Road was totally jam packed on Sunday. Traffic was crawling and there was no place to park. It was amazing to see cars parked in places where normally no one would venture. I wonder how did they ever land up on rocks and ditches.

It was due to a rural fair: Bhimtadi Jatra. Any idea what was the rush all about?
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It was due to a rural fair: Bhimtadi Jatra. Any idea what was the rush all about?
I am ashamed of the fact that I dont know what the 'Bhimtadi Jatra' is all about. All I know is, the food in that jatra is to die for. The most lip smacking Veg/Non Veg dishes are prepared on coal.

It happens every year where the rural side of Maharashtra is displayed, I suppose.
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I guess we are comparing apples to oranges. All the cities that we compared Pune with are capital cities for their respective states and they themselves are much behind the schedule.

Pune has this dubious distinction of second city of a state which is hugely developed, hardly any other city in India has such similarity. Barring of course the exception Gujarat.
Actually Pune has better infrastructure than a lot of these so-called capital cities. I hope it stays that way, but looking at the way the metro plan, for example, keeps getting scuttled, it does not fill me with much hope.

My wife and I grew up in Mumbai, lived a while in Bangalore, ran away when it got intolerable to Singapore before "settling" in Pune. I was telling her the other day we are running out of places to run from!
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Actually Pune has better infrastructure than a lot of these so-called capital cities. I hope it stays that way,
I strongly disagree .Would be interesting to know what places your are comparing Pune with ? A place like Pune ( to be precise Hinjewadi ) which happens to be the IT hub and has 1+ Lac manpower commuting daily doesnt have proper roads (forget the infrastructure ) , what else should we ask for ?

IMHO , Pune happens to have one of the worst civic administration and worst planning model considering it to be a Tier 1/2 city .
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A place like Pune ( to be precise Hinjewadi ) which happens to be the IT hub and has 1+ Lac manpower commuting daily doesnt have proper roads
This 1 lac manpower probably commands next to zero voting power. I get a feeling that it is one reason why this vital part of the city is so neglected, when you consider 8 laned great roads coming up in otherwise sleepy neighborhoods.
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