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Navi Mumbai International Airport: Commercial flight operations started from Navi Mumbai International Airport on Thursday. This is a significant milestone for India’s civil aviation sector, which will expand air travel capacity for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
Which was the first flight?
Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) began operations and the first IndiGo flight from Bengaluru landed at the runway at 8 am. The airport operator said in a statement that, upon arrival, the aircraft was given the traditional ‘water cannon salute’.
This is a long-standing tradition in aviation, marking the first commercial arrival and departure of NMIA. According to the statement, after the first arrival, the first flight from the airport, IndiGo 6E882 departed for Hyderabad at 08:40 am, completing the inaugural arrival and departure process of NMIA.
On the first day, IndiGo, Air India Express, Akasa Air and Star Air will operate domestic services, connecting this new facility to nine destinations in India. According to the statement, the airport will operate 15 flight departures on the first day. It was told that during the initial phase, this facility will operate for 12 hours (between 8 am to 8 pm), in which there will be a provision of departure of 24 flights daily for 13 destinations.
PM Modi inaugurated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the airport on October 8 this year. The first phase of this five-phase airport has been built at a cost of Rs 19,650 crore. By the time all five phases of the airport are completed, it will serve nine crore passengers annually, and will also have a dedicated cargo terminal.
The entire project is being developed in multiple phases under a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL). In which Adani Group has 74 percent stake and the remaining 26 percent stake is with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO). There are plans to increase operations to 24 hours from February next year.
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