IndiGo and Adani Airports announce phased expansion of international flightoperations at Navi Mumbai Airport
Mumbai, 25 October 2026: IndiGo and Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) jointly announced that they
are in final stages of operationalizing a plan for IndiGo to commence international operations from Navi
Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) from February 2027 and progressively expand its presence
thereafter, further strengthening their partnership and Mumbai Metropolitan Region’s (MMR) dualairport system.
As part of its expansion at NMIA, IndiGo will progressively transfer 12 daily international departures from
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to NMIA, representing all the present
operations from CSMIA to Bahrain, Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Kuwait, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah,
Muscat, Dhaka and Jakarta. An additional daily service to Kathmandu will also be introduced, taking
IndiGo’s international network at NMIA to 12 destinations between February and July 2027. IndiGo will
also transition the required domestic connectivity from CSMIA to NMIA to support these international
services from CSMIA to NMIA ensuring seamless onward connections for customers. In close collaboration
with IndiGo, AAHL has been working to enable the necessary infrastructure at NMIA for delivering a
smooth and efficient transfer experience between IndiGo’s International and Domestic services at NMIA.
This will mark the next step of IndiGo’s expansion strategy to build NMIA as a long-term international hub.
At CSMIA, this capacity transition will also facilitate two additional joint objectives. First, it will create
room for IndiGo’s continued international expansion in 2027, enabling the launch of new services across
Asia, Africa and Europe using its expanding fleet of A320/321 and A321XLR during 2027, without placing
further pressure on a capacity constrained airport. Second, the associated transition of domestic
operations will also support IndiGo’s share of the capacity reductions required to enable the
redevelopment of CSMIA T1 by 2030. IndiGo and AAHL will continue to work together to ensure that any
further adjustments required to IndiGo’s services at CSMIA T1, to enable the redevelopment, will be
accommodated in CSMIA T2.
The phased transition is intended to support a transparent, equitable and proportionate rebalancing of
capacity across Mumbai’s dual airport system, taking into account each airline’s presence at CSMIA. This
balanced approach will help facilitate an orderly transition for all carriers, minimize operational disruption
and provide greater planning certainty for airlines and passengers as NMIA scales up and CSMIA
progresses with its redevelopment.
IndiGo will announce final dates for the transition of services to NMIA and introduction of new services
to CSMIA after completion of final project coordination and relevant operating approvals are secured.
The phased transition will materially expand connectivity from NMIA and further expand international
reach from CSMIA, thereby providing passengers across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region with stronger
twin-airport access to broader range of domestic and international travel.
Originally Published at goindigo.com
