Airports Authority of India (AAI) successfully conducted its first calibration flight at India’s first multi-modal airport, Navi Mumbai International (NMI) on July 16, 2024.
Navi Mumbai International Airport
The second airport in construction for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Navi Mumbai International Airport, has assigned NMI as its IATA code by the International Air Transport Association.
NMIA is the second International Airport for Mumbaikars and is being developed by Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL). Currently, AAHL operates, manages, and develops 8 Airports in India.
The highly anticipated Navi Mumbai Airport (NMIA) is on track to be operational by the end of next year, providing a much-needed boost to the megacity’s aerial connectivity.
Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, along with his deputy Devendra Fadnavis, assessed Navi Mumbai Airport by inspecting the under-construction International Airport ahead of launch.
The construction of upcoming airports, the Navi Mumbai airport and the Noida International Airport is progressing as planned, according to Rajiv Bansal, secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, who stated this on Tuesday. Both airports will be operational by next year.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde, who travelled to Davos for the five-day World Economic Forum 2023, signed an MoU with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Orenda India to develop a 1,000-acre smart city close to the Navi Mumbai airport.
Maharashtra cabinet approved a proposal to rename the upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport in honour of the late D B Patil
The two-year-long battle of the Project Affected Persons of the Navi Mumbai International Airport ultimately seems to have borne fruit as the State Cabinet decided to name the airport Loknete Swargiya DB Patil International Airport