Flights from the new Navi Mumbai International Airport will take off on December 25, easing pressure on the financial centre’s 80-year old terminal and giving a further boost to the massive growth in Indian aviation.

Indian passenger flights had almost doubled in five years to 2019, and have now exceeded the pre-pandemic high to over 170 million per year.

With two parallel runways – unlike the old airport’s which intersect – the new airport is expected to increase its phase one annual capacity of around 20 million passengers to around 90 million passengers through four terminals in its final phase of construction, on a par with international hubs such as London Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda and JFK in New York.

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