Navi Mumbai International Airport conducts first flight test, IndiGo airplane receives water cannon salute | Watch
Take a look at how the first flight validation test was conducted at the Navi Mumbai International Airport on Sunday, December 29. IndiGo's A320 plane received a traditional water salute, reported the news agency ANI.
Adani Group-owned Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) successfully conducted its first flight validation test on Sunday, December 29, reported the news agency ANI.
The video shared by the news agency shows that airline operator IndiGo's Airbus A320 aircraft received a traditional water cannon salute after successfully landing at the new airport on Sunday.
Adani Airport Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adani Group conglomerate, owns the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA). The $2.1 billion airport development project is nearly 35 kilometres away from the heart of the city but in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai.
The airport was poised to start operation in December 2024, but due to infrastructural delays, the date was shifted to the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26, according to multiple media reports.
The Group CFO of Adani Group, Jugeshinder ‘Robbie’ Singh, in October 2024, commented on the airport's operational date.
“With this, we are on track to start operations in the first half of next year 2025,” said Singh, Mint reported earlier.
About Navi Mumbai Airport
The Navi Mumbai airport will feature a 3,700-meter runway capable of handling large commercial aircraft, modern passenger terminals, and advanced air traffic control systems.
Terminal 1 of the airport alone is estimated to handle up to 20 million passengers per year, and upon full completion, it will have a total capacity of handling nearly 90 million passengers per year.
“Within the next 10 years, we will open all the terminals and increase the capacity to 90 million passengers and 3 metric tons of cargo per year,” Arun Bansal, the CEO of Adani Airports Holdings, told the news agency.
On the operational front, Bansal highlighted that domestic operations, along with cargo operations, will begin from the inauguration day.
“Domestic and cargo flights will operate from the first day, and international flights will start after 3 months... There will be 2 parallel runways which will double the passenger capacity compared to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport,” said Bansal.
Speaking about the date of opening Bansal said, “We are confident that by April we can inaugurate the airport.”
Adani Group is contributing to the expansion Indian aviation sector as the company owns the Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati, and Thiruvananthapuram airport projects. The new Navi Mumbai airport will also be added to the finished project list as the conglomerate aims to change the Indian aviation infrastructure.
Adani's flagship company, Adani Enterprises Ltd shares closed 0.31 per cent higher at ₹2,409.25 on Friday, compared to ₹2,401.85 at the previous market close.
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First Published:29 Dec 2024, 03:35 PM IST
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