Panaji: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday announced that the developer for the proposed airport at Mopa will be declared by February 2016 with the first flight expected to take off from the airport in 2019.
“The construction work for the new airport is expected to begin by August-September 2016. The first phase should be ready in about 36 months. We expect the first flight from Mopa in 2019,” he told a gathering at the inaugural of the two-day Aviation ICT Forum 2015, at a starred resort in Bambolim on Tuesday. Union Minister of Aviation Ashok Ganapati Raju inaugurated the summit.
Parsekar said Mopa airport would be developed in four phases and allayed fears that Dabolim would be closed down after Mopa is commissioned. “Unlike Hyderabad and Bangalore where old airports were shut down after the commissioning of new ones, Goa will continue with Dabolim airport,” he said.
The first phase of the Mopa airport will handle 4.4 million passengers annually. The capacity will increase to over 13 million passengers annually by the time the fourth phase is completed.
The chief minister further revealed that five entities, including Airports Authority of India, GVK, GMR and Essel Infra – short-listed for the project – will be asked to give the ‘Request for Proposal’ to participate in the development of the airport by October-end.
14/10/15 Goa.com
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“The construction work for the new airport is expected to begin by August-September 2016. The first phase should be ready in about 36 months. We expect the first flight from Mopa in 2019,” he told a gathering at the inaugural of the two-day Aviation ICT Forum 2015, at a starred resort in Bambolim on Tuesday. Union Minister of Aviation Ashok Ganapati Raju inaugurated the summit.
Parsekar said Mopa airport would be developed in four phases and allayed fears that Dabolim would be closed down after Mopa is commissioned. “Unlike Hyderabad and Bangalore where old airports were shut down after the commissioning of new ones, Goa will continue with Dabolim airport,” he said.
The first phase of the Mopa airport will handle 4.4 million passengers annually. The capacity will increase to over 13 million passengers annually by the time the fourth phase is completed.
The chief minister further revealed that five entities, including Airports Authority of India, GVK, GMR and Essel Infra – short-listed for the project – will be asked to give the ‘Request for Proposal’ to participate in the development of the airport by October-end.
14/10/15 Goa.com
