Indian Express
Naresh S
25 August 2025
NMIA’s first phase is designed to handle up to 20 million passengers annually and the second phase will expand the capacity to 50 million.
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) Terminal 1 (T1) will not be demolished immediately after the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) begins operations later this year. Instead, the older terminal’s closure and demolition will be coordinated with the commencement of operations at NMIA’s second terminal (T2), in order to avoid any loss of passenger-handling capacity, according to airport officials.
“We have already partly shut down T1 due to certain extension and safety issues, but we will delay the full demolition. We will time it with the start of Terminal 2 at Navi Mumbai. Temporarily, part of T1’s capacity is already unavailable because we can’t compromise on the structure’s safety. Some sections will remain closed permanently, and we will modify operations to keep the rest running,” said Arun Bansal the CEO of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
