By Vinod Kumar Menon

NMIA, will be one of the world’s largest greenfield airports implemented by CIDCO and the first urban multi-airport system in India, being developed by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd. NMIA, is proposed to have two parallel and independent runways for simultaneous and independent operations, along with full-length parallel taxiways on either side of runways. NMIA is planned to handle a minimum of 60 million passengers and 1.5 million tonnes of cargo annually. The airport is aimed to ease the traffic pressure on the Mumbai airport. “Phase-I of the airport will be commissioned very soon and the first flight is expected to take off by the end of 2024,” said a CIDCO official.