Pune: The new Pune airport at Purandar taluka will take at least five more years to be built and become operational, district guardian minister Girish Bapat told TOI.
Bapat said the expansion plan for the existing airport in Lohegaon was in sync with the new airport project, which will be ready in five years. Bapat's statement goes against claims made by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier. While announcing the project last year, Fadnavis had said the new airport would be operational within three years.
Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) vice-chairman and managing director Vishwas Patil had also recently announced in Pune that the new airport would be ready by 2019, even before the one at Navi Mumbai.
"In five years, the new Pune airport would be ready for operations. Passengers will, however, not feel the pinch as the state government has got big plans for the expansion of the existing airport in Pune.
15/02/17 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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Bapat said the expansion plan for the existing airport in Lohegaon was in sync with the new airport project, which will be ready in five years. Bapat's statement goes against claims made by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis earlier. While announcing the project last year, Fadnavis had said the new airport would be operational within three years.
Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) vice-chairman and managing director Vishwas Patil had also recently announced in Pune that the new airport would be ready by 2019, even before the one at Navi Mumbai.
"In five years, the new Pune airport would be ready for operations. Passengers will, however, not feel the pinch as the state government has got big plans for the expansion of the existing airport in Pune.
15/02/17 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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