Navi Mumbai airport struggles to bring big airlines on board

With about a year to go for the commercial launch of the Navi Mumbai airport in March 2025, Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL) is finding it difficult to get major airlines to shift operations from Mumbai.

A year ago, the Adani Enterprises subsidiary, the country’s largest airport operator, wanted to shift at least one large carrier to the Navi Mumbai airport — even offering it prime slots.

In a presentation titled ‘Airports Day’ released in October 2022, AAHL had said, “Mumbai has two major airlines with domestic as well as international operations, IndiGo and Air India. One airline can be shifted to Navi Mumbai airport, which will release gridlock at Mumbai airport.”