After the coastal road and the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), Navi Mumbai airport has gotten a boost as the state government will start the tendering process from March. The airport had got the in-principal approval from the civil aviation ministry last month. The official announcement on this is expected soon.
“The civil aviation ministry has given in-principal approval to the Navi Mumbai airport and we are expecting official news soon. We will start the bidding process in a couple of months after the clearance,” chief secretary Swadheen Kshatriya said.
The chief minister had already announced that the first flight from Navi Mumbai airport would take off in 2019. “The airport work will be done phase-wise. It will initially handling capacity of 10 million passengers and it will subsequently increase to 40 million,” Mr Kshatriya said.
04/01/16 The Asian Age
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“The civil aviation ministry has given in-principal approval to the Navi Mumbai airport and we are expecting official news soon. We will start the bidding process in a couple of months after the clearance,” chief secretary Swadheen Kshatriya said.
The chief minister had already announced that the first flight from Navi Mumbai airport would take off in 2019. “The airport work will be done phase-wise. It will initially handling capacity of 10 million passengers and it will subsequently increase to 40 million,” Mr Kshatriya said.
04/01/16 The Asian Age
