Madurai airport looks the same way since 70s
I distinctly remember our day out to Madurai airport as a school kid in 70s. As a field trip from the school, we went there on a chartered bus. We were eager to see the airport (nee, aerodrome) & the dakota plane in close quarters.
As we approach the airport, we saw a low single storey building with a small diamond shaped glass house at it’s top center. The whole place looked barren and lots of whithering leaves littered all around. Once our initial interest waned out, we just yawned and shuffled around for an hour to see a lonely dakota arrives and takes off. Except for the brief time of lazy activity, it looked like a forelorn building.
Well, things haven’t changed much since then. Apart from lengthening the runway etc. The building looks the same. There is a car parking lot and additional counters for the private carriers. But nothing much to show the difference of 30 years.
And it looks almost the same from the sky. Have a look at the Google Map at www.wikimapia.org .
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Dear friend,
i have recently visited Madurai Airport durin Mar-09 and very good progress i hve seen at the new terminal bulding,with almost all the structural concrete work finished and the front aprron works are in full swing…i have taken good photgraphs also
Hmmmmm Madurai cannot become Dubai….but it has its own calmnes…beauty and business with good flow of politicians,business enterprenours,cine actress…and the common publis…
see coming 2009 last quarter ….you can see so much of new Dimensions in Madurai airpots
so
cheer up my friend
selvanathan
Thanks Selvanathan. sometimes the calmness and the leisured way seem to be a blessing, but a little more speed in development is certainly helpful.