I've had this sitting around for a while now, perhaps I could get a few comments on this. Its been a perennial issue with the naming of Indian airports. Also if this ever goes to the wp space (as an essay perhaps something like WP:Simple Flying), I call shotgun on the WP:INDAIR redirect/shortcut (a nod to IC :p). Pinging for comment (feel free to express your opinions) @ LeoFrank:, @ Sunnya343:, @ Arnav Bhate:, @ FlyJet777:. Bingobro (Chat) 11:29, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
For airports I wonder if we should just use the official name. I saw that the title of the Ahmedabad airport article was changed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Ahmedabad Airport. I mean, sure, Ahmedabad Airport is probably the common name around the world, just as Omaha Airport and Abuja Airport are likely the ones for those airports. Yet the titles of the latter articles are Eppley Airfield and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, respectively. Perhaps we should follow a similar approach with Indian airports for consistency. For example, for the Ahmedabad airport we would refer to what its owner/operator, the Adani Group, calls it.
It would make things easier when it comes to adding the word "international" to an airport's name. For example on 15 December 2023 the Indian government approved a proposal to designate Surat Airport (STV) as an international airport, though this appears to be a change in status (rather than name) that enabled the airport to handle international flights (which started two days later). A similar phenomenon can be seen at the old Bangalore airport, which became a customs airport on 1 January 1995 and began receiving international flights the next day. The Airports Authority of India, which owns STV, still calls it Surat Airport. Therefore, we use that title. Honestly I don't think journalists pay much attention to whether they write "Surat Airport" or "Surat International Airport" in their news stories.
I will ping
Jan olieslagers for their opinion as I noticed this comment they made at
WT:AIRPORTS: And, though some say we should use the "name most commonly used", for aerodromes I prefer to stick to what official documents say.
Sunnya343 (
talk)
17:53, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
I've had this sitting around for a while now, perhaps I could get a few comments on this. Its been a perennial issue with the naming of Indian airports. Also if this ever goes to the wp space (as an essay perhaps something like WP:Simple Flying), I call shotgun on the WP:INDAIR redirect/shortcut (a nod to IC :p). Pinging for comment (feel free to express your opinions) @ LeoFrank:, @ Sunnya343:, @ Arnav Bhate:, @ FlyJet777:. Bingobro (Chat) 11:29, 13 January 2024 (UTC)
For airports I wonder if we should just use the official name. I saw that the title of the Ahmedabad airport article was changed from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Ahmedabad Airport. I mean, sure, Ahmedabad Airport is probably the common name around the world, just as Omaha Airport and Abuja Airport are likely the ones for those airports. Yet the titles of the latter articles are Eppley Airfield and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, respectively. Perhaps we should follow a similar approach with Indian airports for consistency. For example, for the Ahmedabad airport we would refer to what its owner/operator, the Adani Group, calls it.
It would make things easier when it comes to adding the word "international" to an airport's name. For example on 15 December 2023 the Indian government approved a proposal to designate Surat Airport (STV) as an international airport, though this appears to be a change in status (rather than name) that enabled the airport to handle international flights (which started two days later). A similar phenomenon can be seen at the old Bangalore airport, which became a customs airport on 1 January 1995 and began receiving international flights the next day. The Airports Authority of India, which owns STV, still calls it Surat Airport. Therefore, we use that title. Honestly I don't think journalists pay much attention to whether they write "Surat Airport" or "Surat International Airport" in their news stories.
I will ping
Jan olieslagers for their opinion as I noticed this comment they made at
WT:AIRPORTS: And, though some say we should use the "name most commonly used", for aerodromes I prefer to stick to what official documents say.
Sunnya343 (
talk)
17:53, 7 March 2024 (UTC)