{"id":27565,"date":"2022-10-20T16:58:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27565"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:01:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T11:31:16","slug":"goa-airport-to-run-after-mopa-airport-starts-operations-airports-authority-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/goa-airport-to-run-after-mopa-airport-starts-operations-airports-authority-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Goa Airport to run after Mopa airport starts operations: Airports Authority of India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Goa CM Pramod Sawant has clarified that the operations at Dabolim Airport will continue even after the greenfield international airport at Mopa is commissioned<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-goa-chief-minister-pramod-sawant-said\"> Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"0\">The airport at Dabolim will not be shut once the greenfield international airport at Mopa is commissioned, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pramod_Sawant#:~:text=Pramod%20Sawant%20(born%2024%20April,of%20the%20Bharatiya%20Janata%20Party.&amp;text=He%20is%20an%20ayurveda%20medical%20practitioner%20by%20profession.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant<\/a><\/strong> stated on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-1024x538.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-1024x538.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-600x315.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-768x403.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-750x394.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868-1140x599.webp 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-2022-07-15T134925.868.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Goa International Airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1\">Speaking to reporters at the stone laying ceremony of a cruise terminal building in Mormugao Port Trust in the presence of Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, the  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said, \u201cDabolim Airport will not be shut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dabolim-airport\">Dabolim Airport <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1\">The operations at Dabolim Airport will not be stopped.&#8221; \u201cNo one should increase doubts about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dabolim_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dabolim Airport<\/a><\/strong>. Both airports will be functional. The state will hold a meeting next week to chalk out plans for both airports. If international flights are diverted to Mopa airport, then domestic flights can land at Dabolim,&#8221; Sawant stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3\">Earlier Goa Forward Party leaders had claimed the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dabolim_Airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dabolim airport<\/a><\/strong> facility would be shut, their statements based on a reported remark by state transport minister Mauvin Godinho that the airport may face closure if taxi operators there do not adopt the latest technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/15\/go-first-has-not-yet-recovered-its-hacked-twitter-account-official-says-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go First has not yet recovered its hacked Twitter account, official says | EXCLUSIVE<\/a>                    <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/helicopter-crashes-in-chhattisgarh-2-pilots-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helicopter crashes in Chhattisgarh, 2 pilots dead<\/a>           <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/despite-an-increase-in-traffic-indian-airlines-are-likely-to-remain-stressed-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Despite an increase in traffic, Indian Airlines are likely to remain stressed | EXCLUSIVE<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"4\">Goa transport minister Mauvin Godinho stated his information about Dabolim Airport was misinterpreted, which had provided rise to speculation that the facility would be closed down when the greenfield airport at Mopa is commissioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>He was quoted as saying on Thursday that the Dabolim airport would close down if taxi operators there did not adopt the latest technology.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5\">\u201cMy report was misinterpreted. Some elements are trying to spread rumors about the closure of Dabolim airport after the commissioning of Mopa airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27568\" width=\"1035\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Dabolim airport | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5\">I had stated if taxi operators at Dabolim airport don\u2019t shift to app-based service, then passengers will stop coming to Dabolim airport,&#8221; he informed reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"5\"><strong>\u201cMy report was to convince taxi operators to adopt the technology. When Mopa is going to give multiple modes of transport on app-based service, passengers would prefer that airport. If the same options are provided at Dabolim airport, passengers will have 2 choices,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Airport to run after Mopa airport starts operations: Airports Authority of India<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27568,"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":[7215,7216,7217,6761],"tags":[152,392,104,79,2030,393,1275,115,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-27565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-news","11":"tag-airlines","12":"tag-airlines-news","13":"tag-airport","14":"tag-aviation","15":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","16":"tag-aviation-news","17":"tag-goa","18":"tag-india","19":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27565","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27565"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27571,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27565\/revisions\/27571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}