Reported by Hindustan Times
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has set a 2035 deadline to complete the proposed airport at Vadhavan in Palghar district, where one of India’s largest ports is also being developed. The airport, when ready, will be the third in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
The government has begun work on a master plan for the greenfield offshore international airport by appointing a consultant to conduct a detailed techno-economic feasibility study and oversee the bidding process through the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC).
The government plans to develop the proposed airport in Kore in Vadhavan as the third airport serving MMR, alongside the Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports. It will serve a new city in Palghar, which will be developed around the aviation hub.
The state government is targeting completion of the airport within the next nine years,” said a senior official from the state general administration department. “A key component of the feasibility study will be forecasting passenger, aircraft and cargo traffic up to the financial year 2070–71, with projections at five-year intervals beginning in 2035–36,” he added.
