{"id":21263,"date":"2022-06-08T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21263"},"modified":"2022-06-08T00:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T19:24:36","slug":"goas-mopa-international-airport-to-be-operational-by-september-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/08\/goas-mopa-international-airport-to-be-operational-by-september-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa&#8217;s Mopa International Airport to be operational by September 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Flights will begin <strong>landing at Mopa International Airport<\/strong> on September 1, 2022, according to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the exact date of the inauguration has yet to be determined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <strong>Sawant, 98 percent<\/strong> of the airport&#8217;s work has been done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Flights will begin landing at Mopa International Airport on September 1, 2022, according to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.  \" class=\"wp-image-21265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-750x750.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant-1140x1140.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Pramod-Sawant.jpeg 1764w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Image courtesy &#8211; ET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The anticipated date for the first phase of Mopa Airport&#8217;s commissioning is August 15, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only existing airport in Goa is in Dabolim, which is part of the <em>Indian Navy&#8217;s INS Hansa defence base. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The greenfield project&#8217;s concession duration will be 40 years, with a possible extension of another <em>20 years through a competitive bidding process. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>BOT (Build Operate Transfer) <\/strong>model will be used to construct the airport. The concession will have a mixed regulatory system with a 30% cross-subsidy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-1024x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-600x222.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-750x278.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports-1140x422.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Mopa-and-Dabolim-Airports.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Image credits to ET<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only up to 30% of non-aeronautical income, which include retail, food and beverage, and parking, would be used for <strong>cross-subsidization of aeronautical costs <\/strong>under the hybrid model. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Route and terminal navigation services are included in aeronautical expenses. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Connected with us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Our Telegram group for Latest Aviation Updates :- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flights will begin landing at Mopa International Airport on September 1, 2022, according to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2030,426,3738,6016],"class_list":{"0":"post-21263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","9":"tag-flights","10":"tag-greenfield-airports-at-mopa","11":"tag-mopa-airport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21266,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21263\/revisions\/21266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}