Shifting of partial Mumbai international flights to Navi Mumbai deferred till March 2027
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The planned partial shift of international flight operations from Mumbai airport to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) has been deferred to March 2027.
This comes after the ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) on Tuesday asked Mumbai airport owner Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) to defer by a few weeks its plan to shift international flight operations from Mumbai airport to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA).
Mumbai airport had planned to cut 265 weekly international flights from Terminal 2 (T2) starting October 25 to accommodate domestic traffic ahead of a phased redevelopment of Terminal 1 (T1). The airlines described the proposed relocation timelines as “unachievable”, persons aware of the matter said, citing that the airport owner had gone ahead with its decision without consulting the airlines.
The airport is roughly 35km away from the Mumbai airport, which is located in Mumbai’s Andheri area.
The direction came at a meeting chaired by civil aviation secretary Samir Kumar Sinha that was attended by representatives of IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air, besides the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA). The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global grouping of airlines, was also represented. The meeting was held to discuss the phased redevelopment of T1 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and the transition of airline operations from CSMIA to NMIA.
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