By PTI
PANAJI: The first passenger flight arrived on the Manohar International Airport in Goa from Hyderabad on Thursday, marking the graduation of operations on the new facility within the coastal state.
The IndiGo flight from Hyderabad landed at 9 am on the new airport positioned at Mopa in North Goa district, airport officers mentioned.
Union Minister Shripad Naik and Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte have been current to welcome the passengers on the terminal constructing of the airport.
Naik and Khaunte additionally introduced symbolic dummy boarding passes to passengers scheduled to journey to Hyderabad in one other IndiGo flight, the primary one to take off from the brand new airport in Goa on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the primary section of the brand new airport on December 11, 2022. The airport has been named after late Manohar Parrikar, the previous defence minister who had additionally served because the chief minister of Goa.
With Mopa, Goa has received one other worldwide airport which is positioned 50 km aside from the south Goa-based Dabolim facility, operated as a civil enclave within the Indian Navy’s air station INS Hansa.
The first section of the Rs 2,870 crore Mopa airport venture will cater to round 44 lakh passengers every year, which may be expanded to a saturation capability of 33 MPPA, an official earlier mentioned.
Many congratulations @RGIAHyd. We can solely think about how thrilling it will need to have been as we have been in a position to really feel the Goan vibes throughout our flight. We cannot wait to see @newgoaairport come to life and are excited to expertise all of the solar, sand, and enjoyable #IndiGoaNorth #GoIndiGo https://t.co/bLirFGJhri
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 5, 2023
The airport has been constructed on the theme of sustainable infrastructure and has a solar energy plant, inexperienced buildings, LED lights on the runway, rainwater harvesting, state-of-the-art sewage therapy plant with recycling amenities, amongst different such amenities.
It has adopted among the best-in-class applied sciences like 3-D Monolithic Precast buildings, StabilRoad, Robomatic Hollow precast partitions, and 5G appropriate IT infrastructure.
PANAJI: The first passenger flight arrived on the Manohar International Airport in Goa from Hyderabad on Thursday, marking the graduation of operations on the new facility within the coastal state.
The IndiGo flight from Hyderabad landed at 9 am on the new airport positioned at Mopa in North Goa district, airport officers mentioned.
Union Minister Shripad Naik and Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte have been current to welcome the passengers on the terminal constructing of the airport.
Naik and Khaunte additionally introduced symbolic dummy boarding passes to passengers scheduled to journey to Hyderabad in one other IndiGo flight, the primary one to take off from the brand new airport in Goa on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the primary section of the brand new airport on December 11, 2022. The airport has been named after late Manohar Parrikar, the previous defence minister who had additionally served because the chief minister of Goa.
With Mopa, Goa has received one other worldwide airport which is positioned 50 km aside from the south Goa-based Dabolim facility, operated as a civil enclave within the Indian Navy’s air station INS Hansa.
The first section of the Rs 2,870 crore Mopa airport venture will cater to round 44 lakh passengers every year, which may be expanded to a saturation capability of 33 MPPA, an official earlier mentioned.
Many congratulations @RGIAHyd. We can solely think about how thrilling it will need to have been as we have been in a position to really feel the Goan vibes throughout our flight. We cannot wait to see @newgoaairport come to life and are excited to expertise all of the solar, sand, and enjoyable #IndiGoaNorth #GoIndiGo https://t.co/bLirFGJhri
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 5, 2023
The airport has been constructed on the theme of sustainable infrastructure and has a solar energy plant, inexperienced buildings, LED lights on the runway, rainwater harvesting, state-of-the-art sewage therapy plant with recycling amenities, amongst different such amenities.
It has adopted among the best-in-class applied sciences like 3-D Monolithic Precast buildings, StabilRoad, Robomatic Hollow precast partitions, and 5G appropriate IT infrastructure.