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Navi Mumbai Airport To Open By September, First Phase To Be Able To Handle Over 20 Million Passengers Annually
An illustration of Navi Mumbai International Airport.
The first phase of the Navi Mumbai International Airport is slated to become operational by September this year, Industries Minister Uday Samant announced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday, 7 July.
Originally planned for an end-of-August opening, the airport’s debut has been slightly pushed back, with construction now 95 per cent complete.
The airport will begin operations within the next two months as per Samant, adding that initial services would operate on a limited scale. The second phase is scheduled to follow a few months after the launch.
Once operational, the airport’s first phase will be capable of handling over 20 million passengers annually. Long-term plans aim to boost capacity to 90 million passengers and 2.5 million tonnes of cargo by 2032.
Spanning 1,160 acres, the Navi Mumbai International Airport carries a projected total cost of Rs 16,700 crore. The airport will feature two runways set 1.55 km apart.
The revised opening date follows several earlier schedules, which initially targeted December 2024 and were later deferred to the March quarter of 2025 and finally now to September.
The Navi Mumbai International Airport is being developed as part of a strategic effort to ease pressure on Mumbai’s existing airport infrastructure and accommodate the region’s fast-growing air traffic demands.
