Navi Mumbai International Airport to begin operations from Dec. 25

Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) announced opening of commercialized operations on December 25 and successful the archetypal period volition run for 12 hours between 08:00 hrs and 20:00 hrs, handling 23 scheduled regular departures.  During this period, the airdrome volition negociate up to 10 formation movements per hour.

The inaugural formation to get astatine NMIA volition beryllium IndiGo 6E460 from Bengaluru, scheduled to touchdown at 8:00 AM. Shortly after, IndiGo 6E882 volition depart for Hyderabad at 8:40 AM, marking the archetypal outbound work from the caller airport.

During the archetypal motorboat play IndiGo, Air India Express, and Akasa Air, volition supply connectivity from Navi Mumbai to 16 home destinations.

Starting February 2026, the airdrome volition modulation to round-the-clock operations, expanding to 34 regular departures, the airdrome relation said. “To guarantee a seamless start, NMIA is conducting broad Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) trials successful collaboration with each stakeholders, including information agencies and hose partners,” the airdrome authorization said.  

Further strengthening its preparedness, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was formally inducted astatine NMIA connected October 29, with deployment crossed cardinal airdrome functions, it added.