The airport, which started commercial flights only at the end of December 2025, has seen a threefold increase in passengers from 221,586 in March to 642,766 in May
Adani Group-owned Navi Mumbai airport is expected to start international operations from the greenfield facility from July 15, a top official said on Wednesday. Along with international passenger flights, the Navi Mumbai airport will also commence international freighter operations, he said. The Adani Group-owned airport, the second airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, had commenced domestic flight services from December last year. "On July 15, we are starting with freighters, and we expect the freighters to ramp up to almost 18 weekly flights. Good news is also that there is movement on the passenger side and hopefully on July 15 international passenger flights will also start," Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL) chief executive officer, BVJK Sharma, told reporters on the sidelines of BCBA Logistics Conclave here. Sharma further noted that both "Air India Express and IndiGo are going to operate international flights from Navi Mumbai." Member (Customs), a senior .
Domestic carrier Akasa Air has commenced its flight services to the newly-launched Noida International Airport with its inaugural flight QP2017 departing from Navi Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday morning, linking the Mumbai metropolitan region with Delhi-NCR. Akasa Air flight departed from Navi Mumbai at 7.30 am while the return flight arrived at NMIA at 12.30 pm, a Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL) spokesperson said. The airline will operate seven flights a week to the greenfield airport. Commercial flight services at the Noida International Airport commenced on Monday, after a 21-month delay. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the greenfield airport in the Gautambuddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh in November 2021. The facility was inaugurated by PM Modi on March 28 this year. By linking Navi Mumbai's emerging aviation and commercial ecosystem with Noida's fast-growing industrial and business corridor, the service is expected to .
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Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd rejects International Air Transport Association concerns, says tariffs won't materially hurt demand at the new airport
The plan envisages to bring back transfer traffic which have been using global hubs like Dubai, Doha, London, Frankfurt amongst others
Aviation experts say the expansion in NMIAL is closely tied up with the availability of new planes the airlines need to expand
Air India flags higher tariffs, poor connectivity, and dual-operation costs as hurdles to shifting flights to Navi Mumbai Airport, challenging expectations of rapid airline migration
Navi Mumbai Airport ranks among India's top 10 within months, easing Mumbai congestion and set for rapid growth with airline expansion plans
US Department of Transportation wrote to India's aviation ministry in March, arguing that Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.'s push to relocate freighters violates the bilateral Air Transport Agreement
DoT has classified Navi Mumbai International Airport as a public entity under the Telecommunications Act and directed it to provide telcos fair, transparent Right of Way access for network rollout
Express transportation firm FedEx on Wednesday said it will invest over Rs 2,500 crore in setting up a 300,000 sq ft fully automated cargo hub at Navi Mumbai International Airport. The facility will be designed as a regional consolidation and redistribution hub and developed in partnership with Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), FedEx said. Earlier in the day, the ground-breaking ceremony for the facility was held at the cargo terminal site of the Navi Mumbai International Airport in presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis; Raj Subramaniam, President and CEO, FedEx; Richard Smith, CEO, Airline and COO, International, FedEx; Kami Viswanathan, President, FedEx Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa (MEISA);and Jeet Adani, Director, AAHL, among others. The hub leverages NMIA's multimodal infrastructure to strengthen western India's international trade corridor. Once operational, the hub is expected to create more than 6,000 direct and indirect employment ...
Health Ministry proposes listing Navi Mumbai International Airport as a notified port under drug rules, enabling air import of medicines through the facility
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Regulator Trai is examining the pricing issue that telecom operators are facing for deploying network in and around Adani Group-backed Navi Mumbai International Airport, a top official said on Wednesday. Trai Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti said industry body COAI has approached it for intervention, and the regulator has sought more details around the price that telecom operators have paid in the past for setting up networks. "The letter that COAI has written has raised four issues. Three of those pertain to right-of-way. There is one issue regarding the pricing. We have asked for certain details from COAI regarding how they have entered into agreements in the past. We will study those, and then we will take further action," Lahoti said. He said that the Telecom Regulator Authority of India will not require any specific reference from the government, and it can suo-moto proceed on the matter based on reference received from the Cellular Operators Association of India. Right-of-way (RoW)
Between December 25 and January 12, the airport handled a total of 1,09,917 passengers
Navi Mumbai airport has proposed charging telcos for in-building telecom infrastructure at rates benchmarked to Mumbai airport, amid an ongoing right-of-way dispute
The COAI said NMIAL is statutorily obligated to provide "right of way" permission in a non-discriminatory and time-bound manner for the installation of telecom infrastructure
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Domestic services are expected to be operated by Indian carriers such as Air India Express, Akasa Air, IndiGo and Star Air with a plan of 24 scheduled departures daily