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23 May 2024

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.

Air India flight

10 Jan 2024

Air India Captain Accused Of Ignoring Air Traffic Control's Instructions

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.

15 Apr 2023

Flight Review: My First Akasa Air Experience Onboard Boeing 737-8 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.

04 Apr 2023

Goa Govt Orders GMR Group To Use 'Manohar International Airport' Name

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.

23 Feb 2023

Low Visibility at Goa Dabolim Airport Delays Over 20 Flights, 8 Diverted

As bad weather engulfed the Goa International Airport, located in Dabolim, over 20 flights were delayed, while 8 were diverted to other cities.

08 Feb 2023

British Woman Asked to Pay Money for Wheelchair at Goa Airport, Action Taken

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.

04 Jan 2023

Govt APPROVES ‘Manohar International Airport – Mopa, Goa’ NAME for new airport

Goa's new airport is named, Manohar International Airport - Mopa Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for the new name The new name is assigned as a tribute to ex-defence minister - Shri Manohar Parrikar

Mopa international airport

05 Nov 2022

PM Narendra Modi to commission Mopa International Airport after Dec 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.

03 Nov 2022

Govt to not shutdown Goa Dabolim Airport after Mopa Airport becomes functional

Mopa Airport will be operational by next month The airport will be built at a cost of Rs 3,000 crore The new airport will boost tourism in the region

28 Oct 2022

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.

14 Sep 2022

Goa Airport to have international charter flights from THESE destinations

The new flights will help improve tourism in the state Currently, tourism in the state is dependent on UK and Russia The number of tourists dropped in 2020 and 2021

24 Aug 2022

Goa-Mumbai Indigo flight develops technical snag, here' what happened next

Goa-Mumbai Indigo flight develops technical snag The snag was detected right before the takeoff on runway All passengers were disembarked safely

11 Aug 2022

Delay in flights at Goa Airport after Coast Guard's 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.

11 Jul 2022

International flights to Goa set to increase once MOPA Airport is commissioned

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.

17 Dec 2019

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.

30 Sep 2019

Delhi-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Goa airport

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.

03 Sep 2019

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.

Dabolim airport

14 Aug 2019

Stray dog menace disrupts Air India flight landing at Goa airport

An Air India flight was forced to abort its landing at Goa's Dabolim Airport over stray dogs running amok on the runway in the wee hours of Tuesday.

08 Jun 2019

Goa airport temporarily closed due to fire incident

The MiG 29K fighter aircraft is completely safe.

MiG-29K aircraft

03 Jan 2018

Navy’s MiG-29K aircraft veers off runway at Goa airport

A MiG-29K aircraft of the Indian Navy on Wednesday veered off the runway while taking off at Goa airport.

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