PLANNED SOUTH INDIA TOURIST AIRPORT OPENING ON TRACK FOR DECEMBER, SAYS NEW DELHI
September 1st, 2018
PLANS to open a new tourist airport this December, in India’s southern Maharashtra, near the beaches of northern Goa, are moving forward, with a familiarisation flight from Mumbai landing on September 12. India’s ministry of civil aviation noted that Sindhudurg airport, at Parule Chipi, in Maharashtra’s Konkan coast, will have a 2,500-metre runway able to receive Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 planes. Its terminal building has been designed to handle up to 400 passengers simultaneously. It would serve visitors to nearby Tarkarli beach, and northern Goa resort ...
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