BIAL: The myths and the facts

Bengaluru International Airport

The Myths:

1. The route to the airport is not good.
2. It takes hours to reach the airport
3. It is not at all complying with international standards

These are some of the few. The realities are little different.

1. The road to airport is good, no doubt about it.
2. Taking a cab is a little bit costly however it takes a maximum of one hour thirty minutes by cab.
3. Buses are in plenty and are inexpensive however take a little longer to reach
4. No Doubt the airport looks excellent from outside.
   
5. The roads, gardens and the parking facilities make it look really great
6. The drop off and pick up zones are also very good, except that our fellow Indians still don't maintain the discipline.
   
7. The one thing that is highly pathetic is, you will hardly find any direction boards and no help at all.
8. Once you get down from the bus or taxi, you cannot quickly pick up a trolley. Thats really bad.
9. You have four departure entrances and its tough to figure out which one to take. Actually you may take any of the four.
10. Now you enter a beautiful chaotic world.
    
11. You have self checkin computers like the US.
12. There is not even a single taker for it. I am one of the very few.
13. Now the fun, it takes all the information from you except baggage.
14. So you now have to again stand in the same line and get your baggage checked in. However in other countries, once you e-checkin and get your boarding pass, you would have to go to a different counter where just your luggage is picked up. I mean there are two counters, one for checking and baggage and the other only for baggage.
15. Ok after this hassle you go to the first floor for security check and boarding.
    
16. Security check is a chaos. Not because of the security personnel, but because of the Undisciplined Indians.
17. Now comes the part where I have to highlight. How many synonyms you may find for the words robbery and atrocity, you may use when you get hungry.
    
18. A plate IDLI (2 pieces) costs Rs. 90
19. A plate VADA (2 pieces) costs Rs. 90
20. A plate of Pongal costs Rs. 90
21. Half litre water costs Rs.20
22. Exorbitant prices - No Doubt
23. The restrooms are a little bit better compared to the old airport.
24. The smallest of the passenger aircraft carries at least 48 passengers.
25. The number of seats infront of every gate are hardly 18. check the picture below.
    

So things still need to change, however there is certainly a significant amount of internationalization that has been brought in because of the BIAL and this fact should be appreciated.