Flying companies that fly into and out of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) have proposed shifting some foreign airlines to the soon to be Terminal 2 of the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) during the reconstruction of Terminal 1.
The letter to government from the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) indicated that the proposal was put forward, sources said.
The proposed system would enable potentially give an airport in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to operate flights to a given international destination, rather than half at CSMIA and half at NMIA.
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During the rebuilding of Terminal 1, CSMIA will temporarily close slots to flights to 14 previously mentioned overseas destinations. Flights on the routes can be transferred to NMIA to be handled by any airline operating on the route.
They are Bahrain, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Fujairah, Jakarta, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait City, Madinah, Muscat, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh and Sharjah.
Indian Carriers Already Agree to Move Services
Some airlines in India like Air India Group, IndiGo and Akasa Air have already signed up for a phase where they intend to shift parts of their operations.
MIAL has to displace about five million passengers annually from CSMIA, of which Indian companies will be earmarking about three million each year for their plans.
The airport operator said that almost 91 per cent of the existing capacity at CSMIA will be unaffected.
Airlines were left to make their own offers for the slots to move they were required to relocate to the rest of the world, or NMIA could take over the services.