Aaditya Thackeray slams centre over delay in naming Navi Mumbai airport after D.B. Patil
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Aaditya Thackeray slams centre over delay in naming Navi Mumbai airport after D.B. Patil

The Hindu  

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday expressed disappointment with the Union government for its continued delay in approving the proposal to name Navi Mumbai International Airport after late leader D.B. The construction of the Navi Mumbai airport began in February 2018, and the MVA government decided in 2022 to christen it Loknete Swargiya DB Patil International Airport in honour of the late leader. Patil’s birth anniversary, Mr. Aaditya Thackeray took to the social media platform X, writing, “In June 2022, the MVA cabinet decided to name the Navi Mumbai International Airport as Shri D.B. The Sena MLA further criticised the Centre for a similar delay regarding the naming of the airport at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport, a proposal that has been pending since 2020.

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IAF C-295 Makes Historic Landing at Navi Mumbai Airport, CM Shinde Warns of 'Flight and Fight' in State Elections
3 months ago

IAF C-295 Makes Historic Landing at Navi Mumbai Airport, CM Shinde Warns of 'Flight and Fight' in State Elections

ABP News  

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has declared his ruling alliance, Mahayuti, ready for both 'flight and fight' in the upcoming state elections. He highlighted the successful trial landing of an Indian Air Force aircraft at the Navi Mumbai International Airport, which is expected to begin commercial operations soon.

Navi Mumbai airport: Landing trial on Oct 5, domestic flights from March, international operations from June
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Navi Mumbai airport: Landing trial on Oct 5, domestic flights from March, international operations from June

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: The upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to conduct its first trial landing of an aircraft on October 5, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend. All necessary arrangements are being made with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde himself looking into it.” Modi is expected to inaugurate several infrastructure projects in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region in the …

Navi Mumbai International Airport plans first trial landing for October 5, operations in June
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport plans first trial landing for October 5, operations in June

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to conduct its first trial landing of an aircraft on October 5, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to attend. Domestic operations at the airport are scheduled to begin in March 2025, followed by international operations in June 2025. He was accompanied by CIDCO vice chairman and managing director Vijay Singhal, …

Navi Mumbai Airport to be open by March 2025
6 months ago

Navi Mumbai Airport to be open by March 2025

Hindustan Times  

Navi Mumbai: The Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation, Murlidhar Mohol, on Saturday said that the under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport will be operational by March 2025. HT Image The announcement came following an inspection of the airport project site by union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu and Mohol along with Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde, CIDCO and …

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025
6 months ago

Navi Mumbai airport to be operational in March 2025

The Hindu  

The new international airport in Navi Mumbai will be operational starting March 2025, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said on July 13. Patil International Airport, along India’s first civil aviation airport at Juhu and the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, will be the third airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu …

Name NM airport after D B Patil before assembly election: PAPs
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Name NM airport after D B Patil before assembly election: PAPs

Hindustan Times  

PANVEL: The All-Party Action Committee and the Agri-Koli community, who have been demanding the naming of the Navi Mumbai International Airport after socialist and leader of Project Affected Persons DB Patil, have warned the government of the consequences if they don’t announce the decision before the Maharashtra assembly elections. In January, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was at the airport …

Navi Mumbai international airport will be operational by March 2025: Scindia
1 year ago

Navi Mumbai international airport will be operational by March 2025: Scindia

The Hindu  

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said the Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to be commercially operational by March 2025. “The airport aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of multimodal connectivity under the Gati Shakti Yojana, featuring road, rail, and metro links, with potential water connectivity,” Mr. Scindia said. Contrary to Mr. Scindia’s claims, in June last year, …

Navi Mumbai airport's first phase to be operational by March-end next year: Scindia
1 year ago

Navi Mumbai airport's first phase to be operational by March-end next year: Scindia

Hindustan Times  

Thane, Jan 14 Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the Navi Mumbai international airport will be commercially operational by March 2025. Incidentally, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devebdra Fadnavis have been earlier quoted as saying that the airport will begin commercial operations by the second half of 2024. Referring to the vision of Prime Minister …

Navi Mumbai International Airport: To Operate in November This Year, Plan for Dual-Airport Cities Revealed
1 year ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport: To Operate in November This Year, Plan for Dual-Airport Cities Revealed

News 18  

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Navi Mumbai international airport will become operational from November or December this year, and also announced that in the next 10 to 15 years, at least 10 cities in India will have two airports each. “The country had been waiting since the last 60 years to see Mumbai getting connected to Navi …

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister
1 year ago

Proposal to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil likely to get Centre's nod soon: Minister

The Hindu  

The proposal to name the upcoming airport in Navi Mumbai after late leader D B Patil has reached the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is likely to be approved soon, Union Minister Kapil Patil has said. Speaking at a symposium organised during the Agri Mahotsav on the topic 'Loknete D B Patil International Airport' at Dombivili on Saturday, …

Navi Mumbai airport will start functioning next year, says Devendra Fadnavis
1 year, 5 months ago

Navi Mumbai airport will start functioning next year, says Devendra Fadnavis

Live Mint  

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state legislative assembly on Friday that the Navi Mumbai airport will become functional next year, 2024. Planes will take off from the airport in August next year, Devendra Fadnavis informed the legislative assembly. It was then that Devendra Fadnavis informed that Navi Mumbai airport will be made functional next year. “Navi Mumbai …

Navi Mumbai International Airport: Operations to Begin by 2024 End, Confirm Officials
1 year, 9 months ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport: Operations to Begin by 2024 End, Confirm Officials

News 18  

The Navi Mumbai International Airport currently is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Maharashtra. This project is being developed by the Adani Group-led Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited. After numerous obstacles, Navi Mumbai International Airport is expected to open and be inaugurated in December 2024 as claimed by Adani Airports CEO Arun Bansal. In February 2017, Gunapati Venkata …

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra Govt Gives Nod To Name Navi Mumbai Airport After 'Local Hero' DB Patil After Row

News 18  

The Maharashtra Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has cleared the proposal to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after DB Patil, the former Peasants & Workers Party leader from Navi Mumbai. The development takes place after protests erupted in parts of Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts after the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi government’s decision to name …

Uddhav cabinet renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar day ahead of trust vote
2 years, 6 months ago

Uddhav cabinet renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar day ahead of trust vote

Hindustan Times  

The Uddhav Thackeray-led cabinet in Maharashtra on Wednesday gave its nod to the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad city as Dharashiv, besides naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late DB Patil. The decision to change the name of Aurangabad, a historical city in central Maharashtra, is a sensitive issue for the beleaguered Sena …

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv
2 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra govt renames Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, Osmanabad as Dharashiv

Firstpost  

The cabinet meeting chaired by the beleaguered Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray also approved the naming of upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after farmer leader late D B Patil. Mumbai: As the fate of the Maharashtra government hangs in balance, the state cabinet on Wednesday approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Sambhajinagar, and that of Osmanabad city as Dharashiv. Interestingly, …

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act
3 years, 5 months ago

Shiv Sena goons vandalize Adani signboard at Mumbai airport, Sena leader defends the act

Op India  

On August 2 several Shiv Sainiks barged into the landscaped garden at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, uprooted the Adani signboard and planted saffron flags. Maharashtra: Shiv Sena workers vandalise Adani signboard, which was placed near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/mzfypdwp0A — ANI August 2, 2021 The protestors led by Bharatiya Kamgar Sena General Secretary Sanjay …

Navi Mumbai International Airport- Boon or bane? -Bhupendra Shah analyses
3 years, 6 months ago

Navi Mumbai International Airport- Boon or bane? -Bhupendra Shah analyses

Hindustan Times  

The proposed Navi Mumbai international airport project planned in the city is both a boon and bane for the city at present. Speaking on the project, Shah, who is also the Chairman Trustee Board of Builders Association of Navi Mumbai says, “Fact is that the proposed airport is not really Navi Mumbai’s requirement. Land prices have appreciated manifold up from …

Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy
3 years, 6 months ago

Why Mumbai's second airport is embroiled in controversy

India Today  

In one of the biggest protests in recent times, around 50,000 residents of Navi Mumbai tried to gherao the headquarters of the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra or CIDCO at Belapur on June 24. They wanted to name the still-under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport after the late socialist leader Di. They had gathered under the aegis of the …

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Farmers flout Covid-19 protocol to protest airport name change

Op India  

On Thursday, a large group of ‘farmer protestors’ took out a demonstration in the City and Industrial Development Corporation over the naming of the newly constructed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The farmers, under the banner of Navi Mumbai International Airport Namakaran Kruti Samiti, hit the streets to protest the naming of the airport after Shiv Sena leader Balashaeb Thackeray. Shiv …

Maharashtra Government Approves Adani to Operate Upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport
3 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra Government Approves Adani to Operate Upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport

News 18  

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved Adani Airport Holdings Ltd to operate the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport in the adjoining Thane-Raigad region, an official said here. The state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray gave its green signal to AAHL as the new concessionaire to the prestigious greenfield airport coming up as a public-private partnership project. With …

Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters
3 years, 7 months ago

Navi Mumbai Airport to Be Named After Bal Thackeray; Faces Oppn from DB Patil's Supporters

News 18  

The Navi Mumbai International Airport will be named after Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray, the father of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, it was announced on Thursday. Urban Development Minister Eknath Shinde, who made the announcement, said the chief minister has assured the DB Patil Action Samiti, which is raising this demand, that some other project will be named …

Navi Mumbai airport to be operationalised by 2021-22: Minister
5 years, 11 months ago

Navi Mumbai airport to be operationalised by 2021-22: Minister

The Quint  

New Delhi, Feb 13 The Central government plans to operationalise Navi Mumbai airport by 2021-22, apart from creating additional infrastructure at existing airports in Delhi and Banagalore, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said on Wednesday. Speaking at the CAPA India Aviation Summit, the Minister said that efforts are on to decongest existing airports in metro cities and …

Dehradun’s Jolly Grant airport to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
6 years, 1 month ago

Dehradun’s Jolly Grant airport to be renamed after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Op India  

Uttarakhand Cabinet on Saturday approved a proposal to rename the Dehradun’s Jolly Grant airport after former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After former Prime minister, Vajpayee’s death in August, this year, BJP leader and Uttarakhand assembly speaker, Prem Chand Aggarwal had written a letter to Chief Minister, Trivendra Rawat requesting that the airport is renamed after Vajpayee as a tribute …

First flight from Navi Mumbai airport likely in 2021: Aviation secretary
6 years, 4 months ago

First flight from Navi Mumbai airport likely in 2021: Aviation secretary

Hindustan Times  

Although chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had said Navi Mumbai International Airport will be inaugurated in 2019, aviation secretary RN Choubey on Tuesday said it will take another three years for the first flight to take off from the airport. Choubey was speaking at an aviation summit held in Delhi The airport site at Ulwe He said, “We are optimistic that …

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