[governance] Hyderabad and travel to India -- good experience
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
isolatedn at gmail.com
Sat Nov 29 23:08:17 EST 2008
Hello All,
Yes, that is true. The operations in Mumbai are over, the National Security
Guard appears to be in full control of the situation. At Mumbai Airport
there would be high security measures, but the airport is bound to be safe.
Those who have scheduled to fly through Mumbai may not really have to bother
re-routing now.
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>wrote:
> Dear Michael
>
> I am also traveling through Mumbai on SAA, tomorrow (Sunday) and will
> actually check into a hotel near the airport until the early morning
> connection to Hyderabad.
>
> I really think our only concern should be for probable delays as a
> result of increased security.
>
> And the flight is bound to be fairly comfortable. I was told today that
> tomorrow's flight is quite empty :)
>
> See you all soon.
>
> Anriette
>
> On Sat, 2008-11-29 at 21:49 +0200, Michael Gurstein wrote:
> > Thanks to everyone for their advice and suggestions...
> >
> > As it happens, I'm travelling from South Africa with SAA which only
> > flies to Mumbai and which is keeping (at least at the moment) its
> > flights to and from there (even though their flight crew was stuck
> > under seige in the Oberroi for two days.
> >
> > So I'll be passing through Mumbai airport and as I've said to my wife,
> > Mumbai airport will probably be one of the safest places in the world
> > for the next few days (uncomfortable but safe... (my wife and I were
> > in NYC during 9.11 and she will understand...
> >
> > MG
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Sadowsky [mailto:george.sadowsky at gmail.com]
> > Sent: November-29-08 5:14 AM
> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Michael Gurstein
> > Subject: RE: [governance] Hyderabad and travel to India --
> > good experience
> >
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> >
> > I was going to do that Tuesday morning, 24 hours before you,
> > but Lufthansa cancelled their flight from Frankfurt to Mumbai.
> > At no charge they changed my reservation to one through
> > Bangalore, including booking the last leg on a domestic
> > airline to Hyderabad.
> >
> >
> > The international terminal and the domestic terminals in
> > Mumbai are separated by a distance of 1-2 miles. I think that
> > you have to go outside the airport building and around the
> > airport to the other side. Check it with Google Earth.
> >
> >
> > I'd rebook through another city if it is easy to do.
> >
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> >
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > I'm scheduled to transfer via Mumbai from an international
> > > to a domestic flight very early on Wednesday morning.
> > >
> > > Any advice would be welcome.
> > >
> > > MG
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> > > [mailto:isolatedn at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: November-28-08 4:32 PM
> > > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > > Cc: Ian Peter; Norbert Klein;
> > > katitza at datos-personales.org; Adam Peake
> > > Subject: Re: [governance] Hyderabad and travel to
> > > India -- good experience
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > Any one who wants to avoid Bombay have several
> > > options: 1) fly direct into hyderabad if there is a
> > > direct flight or 2) fly to any of the cities -
> > > Chennai (Madras), Bangalore or Delhi (New Delhi)
> > > which are all cities well connected by air to
> > > Hyderabad.
> > >
> > > The domestic and international terminals in Chennai
> > > and Bangalore are NOT in separate locations. In
> > > Delhi they are in separate locations, but transfers
> > > are usually taken care of the by the airlines, there
> > > are courtesy coaches, and even if it is not
> > > included, it is not a problem at all finding free or
> > > paid transportation at $ 5 - $ 10
> > >
> > >
> http://www.bengaluruairport.com/portal/page/portal/BIAL_PageGroup/BIAL_ARR_HOME
> > > http://www.chennaiairport.com/
> > > http://www.newdelhiairport.in/
> > >
> > > Delhi Transfer Info
> > >
> > > http://www.aai.aero/igi/transport_facilities.jsp
> > >
> > > The experiences shared by Adam Peake, Ian Peter and
> > > Katiza should encourage all to attend the IGF at
> > > Hyderabad, and I have no hesitation in saying that
> > > it would be a normal experience in any city other
> > > than Mumbai and that those traveling to Hyderabad
> > > will be secure in Hyderabad and shall have a good
> > > experience.
> > >
> > > Welcome to the IGF.
> > >
> > > Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
> > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Guru
> > > <guru at itforchange.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Bangalore international and domestic
> > > airports are in the same building and you
> > > can transit Bangalore to Hyderabad
> > >
> > > there are many other cities too which are
> > > connected to hyderabad - Chennai, Kochi,
> > > Calcutta (apart from Delhi /Mumbai) which
> > > are around an hour away from hyderabad.
> > >
> > > Mumbai airport is in the northern part of
> > > the city and the shootings happened in the
> > > southern tip (CBD). so perhaps the airport
> > > may get into normal mode
> > >
> > > but security everywhere will be very
> > > strong ...
> > >
> > > Guru
> > >
> > >
> > > Ian Peter wrote:
> > > > I do hope most of us can make it and there
> > > > aren't too many cancellations.
> > > > Just this morning I was able to secure an
> > > > alternative route via Singapore to
> > > > avoid Mumbai.
> > > >
> > > > I did have some trouble finding available
> > > > Hyderabad tickets that didn't fly
> > > > via Mumbai that were suitable - but an
> > > > alternative seems to be to fly in via
> > > > Bangalore and then do a short domestic leg
> > > > (I understand at Bangalore
> > > > domestic and international terminal are in
> > > > one building) Our Indian
> > > > colleagues might have some comments on
> > > > that and whether it raises any
> > > > particular problems.
> > > >
> > > > Ian Peter
> > > > PO Box 429
> > > > Bangalow NSW 2479
> > > > Australia
> > > > Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
> > > > www.ianpeter.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Norbert Klein
> > > > > [mailto:nhklein at gmx.net]
> > > > > Sent: 28 November 2008 12:50
> > > To:
> > > governance at lists.cpsr.org;
> > > Adam Peake
> > > Subject: Re: [governance]
> > > Hyderabad and travel to
> > > India -- good experience
> > >
> > > Thanks, Adam, for your
> > > personal observations, and
> > > for sharing Markus's
> > > note. I
> > > want to comment only on one
> > > point below.
> > >
> > > On Friday, 28 November 2008
> > > 13:10:04 Adam Peake wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 1:59 PM +0100 11/27/08,
> > > > Markus KUMMER wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Dear colleagues,
> > > > >
> > > each
> > > participant
> > > will have to
> > > decide
> > > by himself
> > > or herself.
> > >
> > > Not only - both airports in
> > > Bangkok are still under
> > > siege and closed, and
> > > it
> > > is not sure if they will be
> > > open by Monday morning.
> > >
> > > Via Bangkok is the only
> > > route I could take...
> > >
> > > So if I don't show up, that
> > > is the reason,
> > >
> > >
> > > Norbert
> > >
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