A senior official of Adani Airports Holdings (AAHL) informed that private jet users will soon have access to a dedicated terminal at the newly opened Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), with operations scheduled to begin in September 2026.
Private Jet Flyers Getting Dedicated Terminal At Navi Mumbai
Moving ahead, the construction of aircraft parking hangars at the airport is already underway which is expected to be completed in the coming months.
Giving updates on the development, the Director at AAHL, Jeet Adani said, “While plane handling started from the first day, the terminal will open in September. Hangars are under construction. All the major operators want to shift to Navi Mumbai (from Mumbai),” during a media integration on the eve of NMIA’s opening.
So far, the demands for private jet hangars at NMIA has been strong and applications for parking slot licences are nearly three times the available capacity, underscoring the growing interest among general aviation (GA) operators to move out of Mumbai’s congested Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), said the Airport officials.
Earlier, AAHL had asked airlines and private jet operators to vacate parking bays at CSMIA to enable the construction of a new taxiway in April and May last year.
From August 1, the airport operator had planned to dismantle existing hangars but the process was delayed due to the monsoon season.
CSMIA has around 24 parking lots for general aviation aircraft presently. NMIA plans to start operations with 23–25 hangars and eventually it will scale up to 89 hangars, making it one of the largest GA facilities in the country.
Ending The Practice of Allowing Overnight Parking of Small Private Jets at CSMIA
Besides this, AAHL plans to end the practice of allowing overnight parking of small private jets at CSMIA as they will allow only “pick-and-drop” operations at Mumbai airport, while NMIA will serve as the dedicated parking hub.
Clarifying this topic, Adani said, “A lot of the planes parked in CSMIA are illegal because they breach into the obstacle line of sight (OLS). So, we will have to break the non-compliant ones. This has been long pending.”
Although, this move has drawn objections from the Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA), whose members include large corporate groups such as the Aditya Birla Group, JSW Steel, Bajaj Auto, Larsen & Toubro Aviation, and Raymond.
In their defence they argued that dropping passengers at CSMIA, flying the aircraft to NMIA for parking, and then returning to pick them up would lead to higher fuel costs and added operational complexity.
So far, AAHL has maintained that both airports—though located about 40 km apart—are treated as a single operational system for coordination and ease of use.
When it comes to the NMIA’s dedicated GA terminal, it is specifically designed to cater to VVIP and business aviation passengers hence positioning the new airport as a central hub for private jet operations in the Mumbai metropolitan region.
