Navi Mumbai airport to be operational by mid 2020, nine more on the cards in Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that the Navi Mumbai airport is likely to be operational by the mid of next year. [caption id=“attachment_4369595” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Navi Mumbai Airport site signboard. Reuters.[/caption] Speaking at the Global Aviation Summit here, Fadnavis also said that as many as nine more airports are in the pipeline in the state besides the Navi Mumbai airport. “The Navi Mumbai airport will be operational by mid 2020,” Fadnavis said. The airport has capacity to add 1 percent to our GDP," he added. While Pune airport is being developed to cater to one of the major IT hubs in the country, Nagpur airport is being developed for its strategic location in national and international flight routes, he said. All metros in India are around an hours distance from Nagpur by flight and this connectivity has called for more attention to its infrastructure development, the chief minister added. A passenger and cargo hub will also be created in Nagpur, Fadnavis said adding the state is looking to increase cargo capacity to 40 percent by 2025 from 28 percent at present.     To keep watching India’s No. 1 English Business News Channel – CNBC-TV18, call your Cable or DTH Operator and ask for the Colors Family Pack (inclusive of 24 channels), available for Rs. 35/- per month, or subscribe to the channel for Rs. 4/- per day. To keep watching the Leader in Global Market & Business News – CNBC-TV18 Prime HD, call your Cable or DTH Operator and ask for the Colors Family HD Pack (inclusive of 25 channels), available for Rs. 50/- per month, or subscribe to the channel for Rs. 1/- per day.