An interesting piece of news:
PAF developing "Super F-16" :: F-16.net
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Hyderabad airport needs a cargo terminal
Back in June the agriculture minister of Sindh proposed turning Hyderabad into an international and cargo airport.
Also according to my memory, former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali made the same proposal during his time in office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
I could not agree anymore. Though I still think we need to grow the domestic aviation cargo market before thinking so far ahead. Flights should be launched from Hyderabad to destinations in the Balochistan province as well as Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Items from ginger to produce non-alcoholic beer to other agricultural products.
Instead of transporting these products to the sea port in small amounts and in so many trucks, they should just be all packed into a cargo plane and flown directly to the Gulf.
The cargo terminal could also provide a direct cargo air route from Hyderabad to other major cities in Pakistan further away in the north like Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar etc.
This would also save farmers the burden of having to ship them all the way to Karachi. The trucks transporting them could also be used for transporting other things instead.
Transporting agricultural products by air also allows the food to be fresh upon reaching it's journey. Having a cargo terminal at Hyderabad airport will also improve the city's economy and provide job opportunities to local people in Hyderabad weather as airport security officials or on loading/off loading cargo onto aircraft.
The cargo terminal could also bring large amounts of products directly into Hyderabad much faster via air. It would also boost Sindh's agricultural economy.
These are few examples of the wonders a cargo terminal at Hyderabad airport can do. The terminal should not be that big or take up too much natural land. Nor should there be heavy traffic, but a small and sizable amount of traffic, enough to meet local and international demand.
By all means Hyderabad airport could do much good with a cargo terminal.
Also according to my memory, former Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali made the same proposal during his time in office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
I could not agree anymore. Though I still think we need to grow the domestic aviation cargo market before thinking so far ahead. Flights should be launched from Hyderabad to destinations in the Balochistan province as well as Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Items from ginger to produce non-alcoholic beer to other agricultural products.
Instead of transporting these products to the sea port in small amounts and in so many trucks, they should just be all packed into a cargo plane and flown directly to the Gulf.
The cargo terminal could also provide a direct cargo air route from Hyderabad to other major cities in Pakistan further away in the north like Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar etc.
This would also save farmers the burden of having to ship them all the way to Karachi. The trucks transporting them could also be used for transporting other things instead.
Transporting agricultural products by air also allows the food to be fresh upon reaching it's journey. Having a cargo terminal at Hyderabad airport will also improve the city's economy and provide job opportunities to local people in Hyderabad weather as airport security officials or on loading/off loading cargo onto aircraft.
The cargo terminal could also bring large amounts of products directly into Hyderabad much faster via air. It would also boost Sindh's agricultural economy.
These are few examples of the wonders a cargo terminal at Hyderabad airport can do. The terminal should not be that big or take up too much natural land. Nor should there be heavy traffic, but a small and sizable amount of traffic, enough to meet local and international demand.
By all means Hyderabad airport could do much good with a cargo terminal.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Latest addition to my collection
Airbus 300-600 by Herpa Wings. The scale is quite a bit small at 1:500 but it's still fairly detailed and even has moving wheels unlike the Dragon Wings models (click on images to enlarge).
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