Airlines’ Body Refuses To Shift International Flights From Mumbai To Navi Mumbai Airport

File photo shows Navi Mumbai International Airport beginning commercial flight operations.

The Airlines Operators Committee (AOC) have pushed back against Mumbai International Airport Ltd’s (MIAL) proposed reallocation of international air traffic for the Summer 2027 (S27) schedule, stating that the plan has not received collective airline consent and cannot be treated as a settled decision.

The objections follow a communication issued by MIAL’s Chief Airport Officer Office after a meeting with airline representatives on October 13 at Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai.

In the communication, the airport operator asked other airlines to arrange discussions with their network planning and commercial teams to finalise the proposed traffic reallocation plan for Summer 2027 schedule. MIAL said the proposed temporary transition involving 5 million passengers per annum (mppa) of international traffic from BOM T2 would be finalised based on these consultations and presented at the next stakeholder meeting on October 28, 2026.

MIAL also asked airlines to complete consultations by 5 pm on October 21 to allow preparations ahead of the November 5 deadline for submitting Summer 2027 international flight schedules.

However, in its subsequent response, the AOC Committee objected to what it viewed as an assumption that…

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