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The Great Lockdown
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The Great Lockdown

by Shivaji Das, Aroop Zutshi, Janesh Janardhanan
December 2021
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
7h 38m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 4Bangalore International Airport

By Hari Marar (Managing Director and CEO)

About Bangalore International Airport

Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) was established as a private public partnership (PPP) enterprise to build, own, and operate the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB). KIAB, which is the third largest airport in India, handled around 33.5 million passengers in 2018–19, during which period it was also one of the fastest-growing airports in the world. The shareholders of BIAL include Fairfax Financial Holdings, Siemens, the government of Karnataka, and the government of India. BIAL has embarked upon a massive USD 2 billion capacity enhancement program, scheduled to be completed and operationalized in 2022. The company is also developing a sustainable, smart, and vibrant airport city in its campus.

Backdrop

“Now there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.”

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth by R. Buckminster Fuller

I often talk to my daughter about negotiating the multiple journeys that lie ahead of her; one of the things I find myself telling her is that life doesn't come with an instruction manual. As a parent, I can prepare her for several things, but there will be curveballs along the way. Those are the times that will call upon all her strength and wisdom.

In the past 16 months, these little conversations have come back to me very often, reminding ...

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