India, Oct. 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport, built at a cost of Rs 19,647 crore, on October 8, a senior Maharashtra government official said on Saturday.
The official also said the commercial flight operations from the greenfield facility will commence in December.
The airport, the second in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region after the existing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, secured its aerodrome licence from the aviation safety regulator DGCA on September 30.
The project is being developed in multiple phases by Navi Mumbai International Airport, in which Adani Group has a 74 per cent stake, and the remaining 26 per cent with the Maharash...