MIAL orders select Gulf carriers to shift flights to Navi Mumbai
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- ✓MIAL ordered select Gulf carriers to shift flights to Navi Mumbai starting in March 2027.
- ✓The operator said, "Consequently, the Mumbai airport is unable to accommodate requested Summer 2027 slots of your esteemed airline." Airlines that refuse must stop flights until Terminal 1 is ready for use in 2029.
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If they do not want to shift, these airlines will have to discontinue their flights and return when the reconstructed Terminal 1 is ready in 2029.
Both airports -- Mumbai and Navi Mumbai -- are controlled by Adani Group entities. MIAL, in a letter dated October 30, made it clear to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) that it had planned to shift all flights from Mumbai to 14 international destinations to Navi Mumbai from the summer season next year, which will start at the end of March 2027.
These 14 destinations are Bahrain, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Fujairah, Jakarta, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait City, Madinah, Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh and Sharjah.
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