Navi Mumbai Airport Flyers To Face Higher User Development Fees Than Mumbai Airport: Report

Passengers using the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) will have to pay user development fees (UDF) ranging from Rs 270 to Rs 1,225, as per a temporary tariff order issued by the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) on 20 June, Indian Express reported.

Departing passengers will be charged Rs 620 for domestic and Rs 1,225 for international flights.

For arrivals, the fees will be Rs 270 for domestic and Rs 525 for international passengers.

These provisional charges will apply from the start of NMIA’s commercial operations, expected in August 2025, and remain valid until 31 March 2026, or until a regular tariff order is issued.

These rates are significantly higher than those at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), where current UDFs charges are Rs 175 (domestic departures), Rs 615 (international departures), Rs 75 (domestic arrivals), and Rs 260 (international arrivals).

AERA noted that the airport operator, Navi Mumbai International Airport Private Limited, had proposed even higher fees, Rs 840 and Rs 1,500 for domestic and international departures, and Rs 360 and Rs 750 for arrivals, respectively.

NMIAL submitted its multi-year tariff proposal (MYTP) in February, projecting operations to commence in August 2025.

The first regulatory control period, during which the operator’s financials and performance will be assessed, will be from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030.

The airport, designed to handle two crore passengers annually in its first two phases, plans to ramp up capacity to five crore by FY2030 with Phase 3, and eventually to nine crore through Phases 4 and 5. 

The total investment proposed for the first three phases is Rs 57,333 crore, with Rs 22,531 crore allocated for core infrastructure in Phases 1 and 2.

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