India’s financial capital gets new airport
Flights from the new Navi Mumbai International Airport will take off on Dec 25, easing pressure on the financial centre’s 80-year old terminal and giving a further boost to the massive growth in Indian aviation
Four terminals
Air Control Tower
Runways
Stands: 107 planes
Cargo stands: 20 wide-bodied aircraft
First phase annual capacity 20 million passengers
International
Domestic
30%
70%
INDIA
Navi Mumbai
INDIAN AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC* (millions)
India has become third largest domestic aviation market, after US and China

INTERNATIONAL HUBS
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
174.1
157.9
134.1
80.6
63.0
157.0
152.3
131.3
113.4
95.9
83.0
Annual capacity (millions)
Singapore
Dubai
Seoul
Delhi
New York JFK
Tokyo Haneda
Navi Mumbai
London Heathrow
Noida
Mumbai
160
106
120
100
100
90
90
80
70
55
Final phase
Transit time to catch connecting flights within 75 minutes – in line with other international airports
Sources: Bloomberg, IATA
Picture: Zaha Hadid Architects
*Origin-Destination: excludes transit passengers 
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