In pics: Goa's second International Airport in Mopa and all its details

Goa is set to launch its second international airport in North Goa which will be inaugurated in Mopa near Panjim on 11 December 2022. IndiGo and GO FIRST have aready announced flights to eight Indian cities from GOX, the new airport’s IATA code

Flights will start from 5 January 2023. Mopa is a village in Pernem in North Goa and the airport is about 35 km from Panjim, and approximately 100 km from South Goa

IndiGo is going all-in with 168 flights a week to and from the New Goa Airport, making it the carrier’s largest station launch

These will connect Mopa with eight major cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur

The flights between Mopa and Chennai will operate daily, except on Wednesdays. Those between Mopa and Ahmedabad will operate daily, except on Sundays

The first flight from Mopa to Pune (one hour five minutes long) is set to take off on 5 January at 11:20pm

GO FIRST will run 42 non-stop weekly flights to and from the airport, with its first flight taking off from Bengaluru to Goa on 5 January at 8.50 am

The airline will connect Goa with Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad. As per the roster, which has flights slotted till 25 March 2023 as of now, all flights will run seven days a week

Currently, travellers have to fly to Dabolim International Airport near Panjim, which is an airfield shared with the Indian Navy and the terminal is completely packed at peak times

The New Goa Airport at Mopa is expected to ease this situation and will also offer ample parking space on the premises, which the Dabolim airport lacks