Thackeray was holding a review meeting with senior ministers and bureaucrats of Maharashtra Airport Development Company and administrative officers regarding the Ratnagiri Airport, which will be the second airport in the Konkan region after the one at Chipi. The meeting also conducted to review the preparedness for civil operations.
In a meeting with the Maharashtra Airport Development Company & administrative officers regarding the Ratnagiri Airport, CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray instructed to complete the infrastructure works at the earliest for commercial landings & convenience of the arriving passengers.
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) February 3, 2022
The Ratnagiri airport needs to be started at full capacity for tourism and business growth in Konkan, Thackeray added.
For those unversed, the Ratnagiri airport is a defence airport and an MoU was signed between the Airport Authority of India and Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation on March 5, 2019, to facilitate in activating it for Regional Connectivity Scheme operations under the UDAN scheme of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
In addition, recently, the aviation ministry also decided to built two new airports in Maharashtra.
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