NEW MAHARASHTRA AIRPORT TO OPEN THIS SUMMER
June 1st, 2018A NEW regional airport is being built at ParuleChipi, in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, south of Mumbai, with construction ending by July (2018). Built by IRB Sindhudurg Airport Pvt Ltd on a design-build-finance-operate-transfer (DBFOT) basis for the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), Sindhudurg airport will have a 2,500-metre runway and serve up to 400 passengers during peak hours. It will cost Indian Rupees INR5.2 billion to build (USD76 million).
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