The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL), which is being built by the Adani Group, will see its first high-profile visitor on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi slated to land here for his visit to the city.
Construction work at the airport is in full swing, airport officials said. The PM, who will be in the city to announce multiple development projects and inaugurate the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), will also inspect the work being done at NMIAL.
He is expected to arrive at the airport in a helicopter. NMIAL officials have readied a helipad for the “VVIP landing”. Further details were not immediately available. Nearly 60% of the construction work at NMIAL is complete, which is expected to be opened for traffic from December this year.
The airport will have a 3,700-metre long runway, which is almost complete. Construction of the terminal, the airport traffic control tower and other buildings are also progressing as per schedule, according to the officials.
Adani Group, which is undertaking its airports business through its subsidiary Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL), is close to getting all regulatory approvals for the commercial operations at NMIAL.
Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) owns 74% in NMIAL, with the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (Cidco) holding the remaining 25%. MIAL is jointly owned by a subsidiary of Airports Authority of India (AAI) and AAHL.