MIAL plans to shift all Mumbai flights on 14 international routes to NMIA
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- ✓Mumbai International Airport Ltd plans to shift all flights on 14 international routes to Navi Mumbai airport if airlines do not submit relocation plans.
- ✓MIAL said this move helps free up capacity for terminal redevelopment.
- ✓Many foreign carriers currently oppose the proposal, asking for more time and better coordination instead.
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Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has proposed shifting all flights to 14 international destinations from Mumbai airport to Navi Mumbai airport if airlines fail to submit voluntary relocation plans, as it seeks to free up capacity for terminal redevelopment.
The 14 destinations are Bahrain, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Fujairah, Jakarta, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait City, Madinah, Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh and Sharjah.
Sixteen airlines operate a total of 205 weekly flights from Mumbai to these 14 international destinations, data from aviation analytics firm Cirium showed. Of these, 12 airlines operating 102 weekly flights are yet to publicly agree to shift their services to Navi Mumbai. These are Air Arabia, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways, Oman Air, Saudia, Qatar Airways, Riyadh Air, Jazeera Airways, SalamAir, Flyadeal, Flynas and Nepal Airlines.
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