BANGALORE AIRPORT

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
A DEAL over financing the construction of a proposed Bangalore international airport in southern India has been delayed beyond its original September deadline. A Siemens-led consortium has yet to sign a concession agreement and is waiting for amendments to Indian aviation legislation to pass through the national parliament. The planned opening date remains in June 2005.



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