Govt to invest Rs 9,000 crore in new Navi Mumbai airport by end 2009

Mumbai: The existing airports in Mumbai are running at full passenger capacity, the Government is planning to build a third airport in Navi Mumbai. The investment in the new airport is estimated at around Rs 9,000 crore.
Praful Patel,Civil Aviation Minister said,“We are looking at building a new airport and the construction work should start by the end of next year or else Mumbai will suffer as the old airports are already saturated,”
Patel further added that in the next two years at least one runway will be ready. The aviation industry is expected to post a lower loss at around Rs 6,000 crore this year as against the earlier year projected Rs 8,000 crore.
Patel also informed that ,“If oil rules around USD 80 per barrel, then airline losses will be seen at Rs 6,000 crore, which were earlier seen at Rs 8,000 crore. Fuel prices have shown some decline and the rupee has been losing against the dollar. “So the impact is slightly reduced,” added Patel.
05/10/08 TravelBizMonitor

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