[Gulf Goans] Govt accepts Mopa report

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:28:28 -0700

Govt accepts Mopa report

BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, SEPT 30 -- The techno-feasibility report on Mopa  international airport prepared by the Canada-based consultant International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), was today accepted by the Goa government with some modifications, the Chief Secretary, Kiran Dhingra said here.
The feasibility report was discussed at the Steering Committee on Mopa chaired by the Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane at the Secretariat in Porvorim on Friday evening.

K Gallego, President (technical bureau) ICAO, deputy director of the organisation, Bassir, Transport Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, two MLAs Jitendra Deshprabhu,  Manohar (Babu) Azgaonkar, Development Commissioner J K Dadoo, Special Land Acquisition Officer Swapnil Naik, and  Transport Director besides the chief secretary were present among others.The modifications to the report are mainly pertaining to the projections of air traffic. It is roughly estimated at by 2035, the traffic may touch 10 million. With additional suggestions coming in, the report will take quit a few days before it is finalised.
Only after the report is finalised, ICAO will start drawing up tender document. The steering committee will scrutinise the tender document when it is ready which may be in November-end. The approximate cost of the project is estimated to be around 200 million dollars. The important aspect of government’s share in the project is yet to be decided. Sources said this might be done after the response to the tenders is received.

 

 
 
 
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NEW DELHI, MAY 26: The prospect of brand new greenfield airports at Bangalore and Hyderabad in three years has prompted states like Punjab and Maharashtra to push for similar ventures but leading the pack is Goa which has drawn up the contours of a state-of-the-art airport  at Mopa by 2014.

The plan, which has been prepared with the help of experts from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), identifies Airbus 380—the largest passenger plane—as the model aircraft for the airport's  master planning. This would mean that the runway width would be more than any of the existing airports in the country.

Currently, the existing Goa airport  is one of the few AAI sites registering a profit. Close to 2 million passengers fly in to the place every year and officials point out that there is a beeline of charter operators for permission but the limited number of slots is a huge constraint. At present, there is parking place for just six aircraft at any given time.

Experts have found the location of Mopa suitable for the kind of large-scale project Goa wishes to launch. The report, which is now under the consideration of the Civil Aviation Ministry, states that Mopa will provide service to Sangli, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Kolhapur apart from Goa. It will be a convenient access point for Mumbai and places like Belgaum and Dharwad in Karnataka.

Though the projection is that Goa will get around 6.5 million passengers over the next two decades, the plan proposes to design an airport  for 10 million passengers so as to avoid congestion in the future. The suggested timeline marks 2014 as the completion for the first phase with a single runway but proposes rapid exit taxiways to reduce runway occupancy.

While a detailed study of various aspects of the airport  will be carried out over the next few years, the initial plan states that the airport  will ensure fixed aerobridges to cater to all aircraft.

Significantly, the airport  terminal at Mopa will be designed on the basis of international check-in process time which is about two-and-a-half minutes, then one minute for immigration clearance and 15 seconds for security. That means sufficient space for counters and access gates will have to be set aside to meet this benchmark.

The plan proposes to have nearly 20,000 sq metres allocated for parking 40 different types of aircraft. Unlike any other airport in the country, a separate helicopter area has been suggested to ensure that their movements don’t interrupt with regular air traffic. Hangars for four choppers have been recommended.

Besides this, the Mopa airport  will have an exclusive business area of 15,000 sq. metres. This would be given out to duty free shops, malls and such facilities. In fact, the suggestion is to develop an airport city with a hotel, business centre, golf course, accommodation for employees and an elaborate road network.

Civil Aviation officials pointed out that contours for this airport  have been prepared by the ICAO, Goa Government and AAI. Once this is approved by the ministry, a detailed study to look into different elements of the project will have to be commissioned and a funding pattern be agreed upon.

The greenfield airport policy works on the principle that 74 per cent stake will be held by a private consortium which will build and operate the facility.

The state will provide the land, air navigation services and other related concessions. It will have 26 per cent stake with Centre holding 13 per cent through the AAI.

 

(The Indian Express)

 

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