Chhatrapati Shivaji Mumbai International Airport

Passengers on Air India (AI) flight AI129 from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) in Mumbai to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) found themselves stranded for nearly seven hours on Saturday (November 8, 2025) after a technical snag forced a major delay.

Today, on October 17, both runways at Mumbai Airport (BOM), officially known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), will undergo maintenance work, resulting in a six-hour closure with no flight operations.

Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), which owns and manages the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, the second biggest airport in India, on Wednesday told that it has raised $750 million of debt in a private placement from an American private capital fund manager Apollo.