INDIA (eTN) – Mumbai’s second international airport at Navi Mumbai is part of airport projects in India, including three new airports and an elevated suburban rail corridor that is under consideration by the Maharashtra government.
Besides the airport at Navi Mumbai, it includes Pune’s new proposed airport in Rajgurunagar and expansion of the international airport at Nagpur.
With defense operations set to increase at Pune’s Lohgaon airport, which is a defense airport, Pune’s new international airport will come up in Rajgurunagar near the Khed SEZ.
Over 1,200 hectares of land is needed for the project which will have two parallel runways.
The airport will be developed by the Airports Authority of India.