Goa to have 2 airports – old and new

New Delhi: The existing airport at Dabolim in Goa will continue to function even when the greenfield international airport comes up at Mopa in north Goa. The new facility will come up about 80 km away from the Dabolim airport.
This was decided by the Union Cabinet on Thursday. The current Government airport policy does not allow an airport to come up within a 150-km radius of an existing airport; however an exception is being made in the case of Goa. This policy was one of the reasons cited for closure of the old airports in Bangalore and Hyderabad when the new airports were opened there.
The latest decision reverses a Union Cabinet decision of March 2000 which called for closing the existing airport when the greenfield airport in Goa becomes operational.
“Goa will have two airports - one in the north and another in south Goa. There is no change in the existing Government policy on construction of airports,” the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms Ambika Soni, told newspersons after the Cabinet meeting. Official sources said that both the airports will handle domestic and international passengers.
10/06/10 Business Line

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010, New Jun 2010