Air India has resisted predictions of a swift relocation of airlines to the recently inaugurated Navi Mumbai International Airport, informing the aviation regulator AERA in a formal letter that airlines will be unlikely to rush to move out from the current airport in Mumbai.
The airline, in an April 16 letter written to the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA), said it didn’t share predictions of the “sheer enthusiasm” on the part of airline operators to migrate to the Navi Mumbai International Airport, given three prime reasons: higher aeronautical tariffs at the new airport, absence of sufficient road and Metro connectivity to Navi Mumbai, and higher operational costs associated with a dual airport operation-operating flights from two separate airports simultaneously.
Also, the airline highlighted the unclear status of the closure of Terminal 1 of the current Mumbai airport, which was believed to be a major catalyst driving airlines to the new facility. AERA is currently in discussions with aviation stakeholders regarding the aeronautical charges that would be imposed at the Navi Mumbai airport between 2025 to 2030. Both the Mumbai airports are owned by the Adani Group.
Air India’s dissent, the country’s biggest airline, marks a slower and possibly contentious migration to Navi Mumbai airport.
25/04/2026 Pune Mirror
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