The concession to develop, operate & manage the Airport, was awarded to GAL on 28th August, 2016, following an International competitive bidding process. The concession agreement was signed between GMR Goa International Airport Ltd. and Govt. of Goa on 8th November 2016. The concession period is of 40 years with a possible extension of another 20 years through a bid process.The Airport would be developed in stages initially to service about 5 million passengers per annum and will be scaled up as per traffic growth demands. The Airport will be a full-service airport catering to domestic and international passenger besides freight services.GGIAL expects the Airport to be in operation by September 2020 or earlier with a single runway to start with which is about 3.75 Km in length, initially Code – E compliant with the following facilities: 

• Integrated Passenger Terminal Building
• Runway, Taxiways, Rapid Exit ways
• Air-traffic control and meteorological facilities;
• Cargo terminal and ancillary facilities for processing and storage;
• Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting facilities;
• Infrastructure for Aircraft Fuelling Services;
• Reserved Services;
• Emergency services;
• Flight catering services;
• Vehicle parking; etc. 

– Link to GGIAL website