Air India flight #AI263 from Thiruvananthapuram to Male landed on a non-operational runway.
The Airbus A320neo (reg. VT-EXL) on a runway still under construction.
However, the construction of this new runway began in March 2018 and was almost complete.
The 3,400-meter-long, 60-meter-wide runway will open the airport to the Airbus A380.