19 April,2025 07:48 PM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. Aklekar
A review meeting to assess the progress of the Navi Mumbai Airport was held on April 17. Pic/CIDCO
The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) officials recently held a high-level meeting to discuss timely completion of works at Navi Mumbai Airport ahead of its inauguration, officials said.
An official statement said that Vijay Singhal, the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of CIDCO, conducted a high-level review meeting on April 17 to assess the progress of the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and the focus was on ensuring the airport is ready for its inauguration and commercial operations without delay.
It said that since the Airport Information Publication (AIP) for NMIA has been published and DGCA inspections are ongoing for issue of aerodrome license, the review was specifically focused on completing the airside, landside and terminal building in all respects in preparation for inauguration and commercial operations of the Airport, to understand any challenges and to mitigate any delay in achieving the targets.
It further stated that the NMIAL confirmed that airside works are 100 per cent complete and the processes for obtaining Aerodrome License from DGCA & Security Clearance from BCAS are progressing well and no challenges are foreseen on that front. Operation Readiness and Transfer (ORAT) testing is also regularly going on for ensuring seamless operations.
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Singhal also reviewed preparation for connectivity to provide the landside access to the airport and directed all concerned to ensure readiness of the same well before the proposed inauguration date.
The Navi Mumbai International Airport, with a planned capacity of 90 Million passengers and 3.2 million tonnes of cargo per annum, is set to commence Phase 1 operations with a capacity of 20 Million passengers and 0.8 million tonnes of cargo per annum.
In the current phase, the airport will have a runway with double parallel taxiways and one Terminal (T1), cargo terminals and several other supporting infrastructure.
