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The Navi Mumbai International Airport commenced commercialized formation operations connected Thursday (December 25, 2025), marking a cardinal milestone for India's civilian aviation assemblage portion expanding aerial question capableness for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) began operations, with the archetypal formation from Bengaluru, operated by IndiGo, touching down the runway astatine 8 a.m..
The craft was accorded a ceremonial h2o cannon salute connected arrival, a time-honoured aviation contented marking NMIA's archetypal commercialized touchdown and departure, the airdrome relation said successful a statement.
The inaugural accomplishment was followed by the airport's archetypal departure, an IndiGo formation 6E882 to Hyderabad astatine 08:40 a.m., completing NMIA's inaugural accomplishment and departure cycle, it said.
In pictures | Inside Navi Mumbai International Airport
The signifier 1 of Navi Mumbai International Airport is India’s largest Greenfield airdrome project, developed nether a Public–Private Partnership (PPP). Photo: Special Arrangement
The airdrome is said to beryllium good connected arsenic it is 14 km from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) Sea Port, 22 km from Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), 32 km from Thane, and 40 km from Bhiwandi. Photo: Special Arrangement
The architecture inspired by lotus, has 12 sculptural diagnostic columns — anchors that emergence similar unfurling petals, 17 mega columns — unseen pillars carrying the value of the lotus extortion canopies. Photo: Special Arrangement
In enactment with sustainable practices, the airdrome volition diagnostic dedicated retention for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), star powerfulness procreation of astir 47 MW, and EV autobus services for nationalist connectivity crossed the city. NMIA volition besides beryllium the archetypal airdrome successful the state to beryllium connected by Water Taxi. Photo: Special Arrangement
Among its unsocial offerings is an Automated People Mover (APM), a transit strategy planned to link each 4 rider terminals for creaseless inter-terminal transfers, arsenic good arsenic a landside APM linking the city-side infrastructure. Photo: Special Arrangement
As the 2nd planetary airdrome for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, NMIA volition enactment successful tandem with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to easiness congestion and elevate Mumbai into the league of planetary multi-airport systems. Photo: Special Arrangement
The airport, designed to beryllium among the astir businesslike successful the satellite with 1160 Ha area, volition yet grip 90 cardinal passengers annually (MPPA) and 3.25 cardinal metric tonnes of cargo. Photo: Special Arrangement
The netted structures of the lotus pillars, designed by London-based Zaha Hadid Architects, volition supply passive cooling wrong the airport. Photo: Special Arrangement
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On the archetypal day, IndiGo, Air India Express, Akasa Air and Star Air volition run home services, connecting the caller installation to 9 destinations crossed India.
The airdrome volition grip 15 scheduled departures connected the archetypal day, it said, adding that during the archetypal phase, the installation volition run for 12 hours — betwixt 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., with up to 24 scheduled regular departures to 13 destinations and the capableness to negociate up to 10 craft movements (arrivals and departures) per hour, it added.
The airdrome was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected October 8 this year.
The archetypal signifier of the five-phased airdrome was built astatine ₹19,650 crore.
By the clip each 5 phases of the airdrome are completed, it volition beryllium catering to 90 cardinal passengers annually, on with dedicated cargo terminals and multimodal connectivity.
The full task is being developed successful aggregate phases nether a peculiar intent vehicle, Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL), successful which the Adani Group has a 74% stake, and the remaining 26% is owned by CIDCO (City and Industrial Development Corporation Of Maharashtra Ltd).
From February adjacent year, operations are planned to progressively standard up to round-the-clock services.
