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Fadnavis opposes move to shift international flight ops to Navi Mumbai Airport, moots phased plan

Mumbai, Nov 11 (UNI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Facnavis stated here on Wednesday that he has written to union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu with a proposal to rebuild the Adani-owned Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's (CSMIA) T1 terminal in phases, instead of shifting 14 international routes to the new Adani-owned Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), which is 40 km away from the city.
According to the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Fadnavis wrote to the union Ministry of Civil Aviation, conveying his opposition to the proposed relocation of international operations.
The development came after MIAL airport’s Adani-run operator, Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), asked international airlines to use the new Navi Mumbai airport from March 2027 while it redevelops the old T1 terminal at the Andhari-based Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's (CSMIA) T1 terminal.
The routes which were to be affected include Doha, Jeddah, Dhaka and Kathmandu.
According to the proposal mooted by Fadnavis, the Terminal 1B at the Andheri-based Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's (CSMIA) could be built first, after which operations from 1A could be moved to Terminal 1B, so that Terminal 1A can be pulled down later.
Government sources said that Fadnavis is keen to protect the main Mumbai CSMIA airport which serves the country’s financial capital, since he feels that a hasty step of moving all flight operations to Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is likely to backfire.
It is also learnt that foreign airlines and domestic carriers pushed back hard against the move which was driven by a reported Adani Airports move to ensure that its new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) becomes profitable sooner.
Sources stated that Gulf carriers, speaking through the Airline Operators Committee Mumbai, urged the union Civil Aviation ministry whether it has approved the plan.
The airlines made it clear that they want their historical slots at the CSMIA restored.
A slot is basically a permitted time slot to land or take off.
Adani-owned MIAL’s earlier proposal would have cut Terminal 2’s capacity by around a third, pausing 265 of its 770 weekly international flights.
According to sources, foreign airlines and the global airline body IATA objected to the move, citing operational limits.
The union Civil Aviation Ministry then proposed that all sides agree on a smooth transition plan.
However, Adani-owned MIAL defended the shift away from CSMIA in a letter dated October 30, stating that putting the 14 international routes in one airport would spare passengers a lot of trouble and keep onward connections smooth when CSMIA rebuilds its T1 terminal.
The letter also asked airlines to propose voluntary slot moves by November 3, failing which MIAL could shift all international flights on those routes.
In the letter, Adani Airport Holdings stated that audits had flagged structural safety concerns in the 60-year-old terminal.
The work would affect about five million passengers a year, while 91% of airport traffic would carry on as normal.
The redeveloped Terminal 1 is due to reopen by December 2030.
IndiGo and Air India Express have already outlined gradual moves to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA).
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