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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    That logic doesn't fly with the various Persian Gulf carriers. Pakistan citizens need connectivity to the same places abroad as Indians. Also, air-traffic between Pakistan's two top cities (Lahore and Karachi) is 1/14th that of the air-traffic between India's top-two (Mumbai and Delhi). You...
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Chandigarh International Airport (IXC). 2 terminals, 1 runway. Above is the new Terminal 2 which handles international and full-service domestic carriers (Air India, Jet Airways, Vistara). Below is the old Terminal 1 (it currently handles low-cost IndiGo/SpiceJet/GoAir). It was...
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Hyderabad (HYD): Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. 1 terminal, 2 runways (designed by a Norwegian architect). New runway and terminal coming up in that vacant land above. BTW, here's the satpic of BLR, with a new terminal and parallel runway being actively constructed:
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Right now Air India has four active B747-400 aircraft. All four are tasked with ad-hoc Hajj flights from DEL, BOM, HYD, COK, and LKO to Jeddah. Their average age is 19 years, which is less than the average age of the B747-400 of British Airways which do several Transatlantic sectors, however...
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Kolkata (CCU) - Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. 1 terminal, 2 runways:
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    It's a small Mazar which the builders didn't relocate. It's in the customs/international zone, so people can't visit it.
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    That's because it's built and operated by the Air Force, and they've completely run out of land. There is talk of a new greenfield airport along Mumbai-Pune expy, but it's as much a unicorn as the Navi Mumbai airport along the same road. Maharashtra is a very big state with very bad land management.
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Mumbai (BOM) - Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport: Three terminals (2 active, 1 decommissioned), 2 active runways.
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Delhi (DEL) - Indira Gandhi International Airport. Four terminals (3 active, 1 under renovation), 3 active runways.
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    This comparison is relevant because according to Paki superiority-complex, as the sole custodian of stopping the Indian hegemony in the region, Lahore and Karachi (Pakistan's two biggest cities) should be on-par with India's top-10 airports in passenger traffic. They don't even match India's...
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    Indian carriers aircraft-wise (currently in-service): Wide-body B747-400: Air India: 4 active B777-300ER: Air India: 12 active Jet Airways: 10 active B777-200LR: Air India: 3 active B787-8 Dreamliner: Air India: 23 active A330-300: Jet Airways: 4 active A330-200: Jet Airways: 5...
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    Some Staggeringly Disproportionate Numbers (between Indian & Pakistani Civil Airlines)

    India's top 10 airports in passenger traffic (for the year 2016 alone): DEL (Delhi): 57.7 million (over 11 times busier than Lahore airport) BOM (Mumbai): 45.15 million (over 7 times busier than Karachi airport) BLR (Bengaluru): 22.18 million (this alone outdoes Lahore + Karachi + Islamabad +...
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