Lightning Strike Causes Runway Disruptions At Goa Airport, Diverts Six Flights
On Wednesday evening (May 22), a lightning strike hit the Manohar International Airport (MIA) in north Goa, damaging the runway edge lights and causing significant disruptions.
May 23, 2024, 11:46 AM IST
Air India Captain Faces Allegations Of Ignoring Air Traffic Control, Takes Wrong Taxiway In Goa
According to reports, the captain, identified as Rishi Kumar Sharma, is accused of deviating from the assigned A-2 taxiway to the A-3 taxiway during the aircraft's approach to the apron.
Jan 10, 2024, 21:10 PM IST
Flight Review: My First Akasa Air Experience Onboard Goa to Delhi Boeing 737 MAX Plane
Starting its operations only in August 2022, Akasa Air has already inducted 19 Boeing 737-8 MAX aircrafts and is serving 17 cities, flying over 1 million passengers in just 8 months.
Apr 15, 2023, 13:56 PM IST
Goa Govt Orders GMR Group To Use 'Manohar International Airport' Name For Its New Facility
The GMR Goa International Airport Limited has been instructed to use 'Manohar International Airport' and stop writing 'New Goa' with immediate effect, said Goa's Civil Aviation Director.
Apr 04, 2023, 13:00 PM IST
Top 10 Busiest Airports in India As Per Passenger Traffic
India is the third largest aviation market in India with many world-class airports in the country. More than 2 crore domestic and international passengers travelled through these airports. Here's a list of the Top 10 airports in India by passenger footfall as per DGCA's data of February 2023. Interestingly, Goa - Dabolim lost its position as traffic splits with Manohar International Airport, MOPA.
Mar 27, 2023, 12:35 PM IST
Low Visibility at Goa Dabolim Airport Affects Eight Flights; Diverted to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru
As bad weather engulfed the Goa International Airport, located in Dabolim, over 20 flights were delayed, while 8 were diverted to other cities.
Feb 23, 2023, 15:09 PM IST
British Woman Asked to Pay Money for Wheelchair at Goa Airport, AAI Takes Action
Katherine Frances Wolfie, a 62-year-old British National with reduced mobility, was flying from Goa to London Gatwick airport with TUI airlines when she was duped for Rs 4,000.
Feb 08, 2023, 10:00 AM IST
Cabinet APPROVES ‘Manohar International Airport – Mopa, Goa’ NAME for Goa’s second airport
Goa's new greenfield airport has now received ex-post factor approval from the cabinet chaired by PM Modi to be called - Manohar International Airport - Mopa, Goa.
Jan 04, 2023, 19:37 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to commission Mopa International Airport after December 8: Goa CM
GMR Group, which would be running the airport, said only domestic flights would be operated immediately after inauguration in December, while international services will take off and land from January 2023 onwards.
Nov 05, 2022, 12:19 PM IST
Govt to not shutdown Goa Dabolim Airport after Mopa Airport becomes functional, VK Singh quashes rumors
Dabolim airport will function alongside the Goa International Airport, which is under construction in the North Goa district and is expected to be operational in a month or so, reports ANI.
Nov 03, 2022, 16:00 PM IST
DGCA grants licence to Goa's Mopa Airport, flight operations to begin SOON
The Mopa airport will be the second airport in Goa, the first being Dabolim airport in Mormugao city, co-shared with the Indian Navy.
Oct 27, 2022, 13:44 PM IST
Goa Airport to have international charter flights from THESE destinations, details here
The Goa Airport has received the request from multiple international destinations, and the move is expected to improve the state's tourism with the tourists coming from international destinations, reports IANS.
Sep 14, 2022, 19:38 PM IST
Goa-Mumbai Indigo flight develops technical snag, Indian Navy rescues all 187 passengers
Mumbai-bound IndiGo flight developed a technical snag in the engine at the Goa airport, all passengers were deboarded safely from the aircraft with the help of Indian Navy.
Aug 23, 2022, 18:14 PM IST
Delay in flights at Goa Airport after Coast Guard's Dornier plane suffers tyre burst
The Indian Coast Guard operates from the INS Hansa naval base which also houses the Dabolim civilian airport in Goa, where the incident occured.
Aug 11, 2022, 18:13 PM IST
International flights to Goa set to increase once MOPA Airport is commissioned after August 15: CM Sawant
Goa CM Pramod Sawant said only 70 flights land at the Dabolim Airport on a daily basis, as no landing is permitted from 9 am to 2 pm at the facility.
Jul 11, 2022, 15:10 PM IST
Indian Navy averts major accident at Goa Airport
The Runway Controller Ramesh Tigga, Leading Airman (Air Handler) noticed that the nose landing gear of the flight, which was on its final approach, was not deployed, Navy spokesperson informed on Twitter.
Dec 17, 2019, 17:57 PM IST
Delhi-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Goa airport after engine catches fire
Sources said that Goa to Delhi IndiGo flight took off from Dabolim airport on late Sunday night and smoke was detected coming out of the left engine of the plane after few minutes.
Sep 30, 2019, 11:07 AM IST
Indian Navy trying to clear stray dogs off Goa airport runway
On Sunday, stray dogs forced an Air Asia flight to Delhi to abort take-off after air traffic control personnel spotted stray dogs on the runway. The aircraft was allowed to take-off after technical checks prescribed as per protocol.
Sep 03, 2019, 13:41 PM IST
