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The Navi Mumbai Airport may start operations by the end of 2024, says CIDCO vice-chairman and managing director Sanjay Mukherjee. “The commercial operation Date of the Airport is now expected on 31st of December 2024 (sic),” Mukherjee announced in a tweet on November 20, 2021.
What will happen to Mumbai airport after Navi Mumbai Airport?
The airport will be located in Uran and will be the second airport in Mumbai Metropolitan region after the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in the Vile Parle suburb of Mumbai.
Has work started in Navi Mumbai Airport?
The concessionaire, Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL) has already started its share of the work on August 4 right in earnest. Larsen and Toubro have been appointed as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors.
When was New Mumbai airport built?
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Opened | 1942 |
| Hub for | Air India Vistara Air Asia Go First IndiGo Jet Airways |
| Focus city for | Air India Express FedEx Express Blue Dart Aviation Spice Jet TruJet |
Who will develop Navi Mumbai airport?
Adani Airports
Maharashtra government-controlled CIDCO is Adani Airports’ partner in development of NMIA. The project has missed so many deadlines that it is impossible to take a new one seriously. The project was conceived in November 1997. That makes the airport over 23 years in the making.
Who built Navi Mumbai airport?
The airport is being developed through Public Private Partnership by setting-up a Special Purpose Company with equity contribution from CIDCO. The airport, spread over an area of 1,160 hectares, will have two parallel runways for simultaneous operations.
The distance between Mumbai Airport (BOM) and Navi Mumbai is 18 km. The road distance is 27.3 km.
Who is developing Navi Mumbai International Airport?
Adani Group
Navi Mumbai International Airport at Panvel & Ulwe, Maharashtra is being developed by the Adani Group-led Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL) with a 4 phase master plan to handle over 60 million passengers per annum in the future.
How many runways are there in Navi Mumbai airport?
Navi Mumbai International Airport facility will be capable of handling 10 million passengers a year upon completion of the first phase, 25 million passengers a year in the second phase, and finally, 60 million passengers a year by 2032 with two 3700m x 60m runways.
The foundation stone for the INR 16,700-crore Navi Mumbai International Airport project has already been laid after nearly two decades from the time it was conceived. An ambitious dream of Mumbai City, the project will be completed in a phased manner from 2019 until 2031.
What will be the traffic-handling capacity of Navi Mumbai airport by 2031?
On completion of all four phases of the Navi Mumbai Airport project by 2031, the airport’s traffic-handling capacity will be more than 60 million passengers.
What is the name of the Second International Airport in Mumbai?
Mumbai International Airport (BOM) has been handling over 40 million passengers beyond its capacity since 2016. Navi Mumbai International Airport: Location. The area around mainland Navi Mumbai across the Mumbai Harbor is the location of Mumbai’s second international airport (NMIA).
Unlike Mumbai CSI Airport, the second Mumbai International Airport will have two parallel runways measuring 3810m x 60m each. The runways will be 1550 meters apart from each other and have full-length taxiways on both sides. The terminal building of Navi Mumbai Airport will be built over an area of 2,700,000 square feet.