Though the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 8, commercial flight operations will only begin in the first week of December.

CIDCO Vice Chairman and Managing Director Vijay Singhal has clarified that despite the buzz that flights would start as early as October 30, the interval between inauguration and operations will be used to complete critical calibrations, final regulatory clearances, and system trials. Only then will domestic and international flights be cleared for liftoff.