PANVEL: The first commercial flight, an Indigo Airbus 320, landed successfully at the under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) on Sunday afternoon, taking it a step closer to operationalisation by mid-May. Officials from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) validated the instrument approach procedure and touchdown of the aircraft on NMIA's southern runway at 1.38 pm, paving the way for an aerodrome license clearance in the coming weeks.
The flight, which took off from Mumbai airport at 12.32 pm, was welcomed with traditional water salute by two crash fire tenders (CFT) amidst a picnic-like environment, with senior officials from the DGCA, AAI, Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), customs and other stakeholders and their families camping at the site.
"The landing today is important for us to get requisite permissions for operations by March. With work progressing well, we have planned a grand inauguration on April 17," said the chief executive officer of NMIA, BVJK Sharma.
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