The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) witnessed its most anticipated first commercial landing on the southern runway (RW26) with an IndiGo airline Airbus A320 aircraft on Sunday. “We conducted the commercial landing to ensure that we are ready to land and take off aircraft from the runway and make the airport operational by the stipulated date of completion,” said Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials.

The official also disclosed, “The test was conducted by us (AAI) in coordination with Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), NMAI, CIDCO.” The IndiGo A320 departed from Mumbai Airport at 12.23 pm and landed NMIA around 2.00 pm. On board were DGCA officials and the IndiGo crew. The pilots performed at least three go-arounds (landing abort procedures) before successfully landing the aircraft on the runway.