Navi Mumbai airport's first phase to be operational by March-end next year: Scindia
The Hindu
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the Navi Mumbai international airport will be commercially operational by March 2025
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the Navi Mumbai international airport will be commercially operational by March 2025.
The upcoming airport is not just an important infrastructure project for Mumbai or Maharashtra but is a project of pride for the entire nation, he told reporters on Saturday.
He inspected the progress of the work connected to the airport, which is being built in five phases.
"The physical and financial completion is 55 to 60%. The project began in 2018 and commercial operationalisation is expected by March 31, 2025. In the first and second phase that will commence together, one runway, one terminal and passenger capacity of two crore will be created," he told reporters.
The second runway, four terminals with an increased passenger capacity of 9 crore will be created in phases three, four and five, the Union Minister added.
Incidentally, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devebdra Fadnavis have been earlier quoted as saying that the airport will begin commercial operations by the second half of 2024.
Referring to the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to create multimodal connectivity under the Gati Shakti Yojana, Mr. Scindia said the upcoming airport will have road, rail and metro connectivity with future plans of water connectivity as well.
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