Brunner announces opening to colleagues TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Brunner announces opening to colleagues TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bangalore: It’s official. BIAL CEO Albert Brunner sent an e-mail on Wednesday to the BIAL group, IT honchos and people in the related sectors. Subject: Airport opening.
The e-mail informs about the silent opening of Bengaluru International Airport as well as another formal inauguration in June.
Dear Colleagues,
It’s rather been a long wait for BIAL to achieve our goal, the opening of our airport. Putting an end to all the speculation about the opening date, I am glad to announce that BIAL will start operation on 23rd May, 2008 at 01 hrs (midnight of 22nd May, 2008).
Consequent to the productive meeting we had with the ministry of civil aviation on Monday, we received a verbal confirmation for a “silent” opening on the 23rd May, 08 from the ministry yesterday. The gazette notification from the ministry on this is expected in a day or two.
Silent opening means that we will open the airport in a fullfledged way (that means for all traffic), but without any ceremony. No dignitaries will be present. A formal ceremony in the presence of state and central government will take place in June.
Another highlight is that the ministry has confirmed that the HAL airport will not be operational following the opening of our airport, which was also one of the most heart burning issues for us.
Going back to a little bit of history, as already mentioned in a few occasions, we have been toiling hard for the past six years to overcome all hurdles in making this dream project come true. We have left no stone unturned to realize this outstanding project. What we have achieved today is the result of a fantastic teamwork.
I take this opportunity to congratulate each one of you and to express my gratitude for this patient wait and your unstinted contribution to achieve this milestone.
Please be aware: We have only 8 days left yet a lot more to do. Therefore, let me request you to carry on this great effort during this last phase too. Let us work hard together to make our airport one of the best airports in India from the day one. I count on you thank you!