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IN PHOTOS: Final touches underway ahead of Navi Mumbai Airport inauguration

Updated On: 07 October, 2025 05:38 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Ahead of its ainuaugration on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, final touches were being given to the Navi Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday. Pics/Atul Kamble

Ahead of its ainuaugration on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, final touches were being given to the Navi Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday. Pics/Atul Kamble

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Ahead of its ainuaugration on Wednesday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, final touches were being given to the Navi Mumbai International Airport on Tuesday. Pics/Atul Kamble
<p>Built at a cost of Rs 19,650 crore, the phase 1 of Navi Mumbai International Airport is India`s largest Greenfield airport project, developed under a Public Private Partnership (PPP)</p>

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Built at a cost of Rs 19,650 crore, the phase 1 of Navi Mumbai International Airport is India`s largest Greenfield airport project, developed under a Public Private Partnership (PPP)

<p>As the second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, NMIA will work in tandem with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to ease congestion and elevate Mumbai into the league of global multi-airport systems</p>

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As the second international airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, NMIA will work in tandem with the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to ease congestion and elevate Mumbai into the league of global multi-airport systems

<p>The airport, designed to be among the most efficient in the world with 1160 Ha area</p>

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The airport, designed to be among the most efficient in the world with 1160 Ha area

<p>The airport will eventually handle 90 million passengers annually (MPPA) and 3.25 million metric tonnes of cargo</p>

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The airport will eventually handle 90 million passengers annually (MPPA) and 3.25 million metric tonnes of cargo

<p>Among its unique offerings is an Automated People Mover (APM), a transit system planned to connect all four passenger terminals for smooth inter-terminal transfers, as well as a landside APM linking the city-side infrastructure</p>

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Among its unique offerings is an Automated People Mover (APM), a transit system planned to connect all four passenger terminals for smooth inter-terminal transfers, as well as a landside APM linking the city-side infrastructure

<p>The airport will feature dedicated storage for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), solar power generation of approximately 47 MW, and EV bus services for public connectivity across the city</p>

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The airport will feature dedicated storage for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), solar power generation of approximately 47 MW, and EV bus services for public connectivity across the city

<p>NMIA will also be the first airport in the country to be connected by water taxi, sources said</p>

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NMIA will also be the first airport in the country to be connected by water taxi, sources said

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