A tale of three airports
Last week, last month, and the month before that saw the unveiling of three airports in three very distinct areas. The first is actually a terminal (no. 5) at Heathrow in London, the second serving the city of Beijing in China, and the third in Banglore , also known as Bengaluru , India's Silicon Valley. Comparisons between Heathrow and Beijing's airport galore online, so let me elaborate on the third since it's not as lavish, it's not as costly, and certainly it's not as sexy. The above is found on New York Times website, main graphic for the respective lead stories about the airports. The contrast between the two airports of two largely developing nations could not be more stark. If one needs more pictorial evidence of the same, there is the accompanying slide show, and if that is not enough, there are of course stats such as number of passengers served (55M in Beijing vs. 11M in Bangalore). The point here is not to vent at the lackadaisical attitude of the In...