Manohar International Airport
Mopa, India
Manohar International Airport (IATA: GOX, ICAO: VOGA), is an international airport at Mopa in Pernem taluka, North Goa district, in the state of Goa, India. It serves North Goa and the adjoining districts of Maharashtra and Karnataka and as a second airport of Goa after Dabolim Airport in Dabolim. The airport is developed by GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV). It is built at a cost of ₹3,000 crore (equivalent to ₹32 billion or US$330 million in 2023). In financial year 2024–25, the airport handled over 4.6 million passengers, which is a little more than its current maximum capacity of 4.5 million passengers per year. On average, the airport handles around 100 aircraft movements and about 15,000 passengers daily. It is the 14th-busiest airport in India. It is named after the former Minister of Defence and the former Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar. The airport was completed and opened on 11 December 2022 and operations started on 5 January 2023 with the first flight by IndiGo. It was expected to be completed by the financial year 2019–2020, but was delayed due to a Supreme Court order that impeded work on site, and also due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which caused lockdowns, restrictions, and curfews, resulting in a lack of labor and delays in construction. The airport is built under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model
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