Now, Goa has two international airports located 50 km apart from each other
With the inauguration of the greenfield airport at Mopa on Sunday, Goa has got another international airport which is located 50 km apart from the south Goa-based Dabolim facility, operated as a civil enclave in Indian Navy’s air station INS Hansa.
Each of the two districts in Goa now has an international airport- the existing one in Dabolim and the new one in Mopa. The first phase of the Rs 2,870 crore Mopa airport project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening.
The new airport, to be named Manohar International Airport after the late Manohar Parrikar, aims at enhancing Goa’s connectivity by air, by aiding the flow of civilian traffic to the state.
