Mumbai to Sindhudurg in 50 minutes; Flight bookings full till Oct 21
PUNE The next time you want to hit the beach – the Chipi airport in Sindhudurg district will be one of the options for weekend revellers.
The airport is 50 minutes from Mumbai by air and goes ‘live’ October 9.
Allianze Airlines is operating flights out of Chipi right now and bookings are full till October 21.
The formal inauguration of the airport, by Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Union aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia is on October 9.
The airport is located in Chipi village uner Vengurla tehsil and apart from the local attractions, Goa is 95km away.
The airport came up under the Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (DBFOT) model, with a runway that is 2,500 metres long and 45 metres wide, and can further be extended by 1,000 metres.
