Some of Mumbai’s corporate Titans, such as ESSAR Group, Aditya Birla Group, JSW Steel and Taj Group are in an eviction order that goes to their business planes at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Mumbai International Airport, owned by Adani,). Industry experts claim that the measure is a strong arm tactic to force them to move to Navi Mumbai airport that will soon open, also under the control of Adani.
Adding fuel to the fire, Navi Mumbai airport has decided to impose a parking lot of ₹ 20 million rupees, plus an annual rate, a rate that some call “illegal”, arguing that only the rate regulator has the authority to fix sugars. The measure has also worried rented aircraft service providers that offer private air trips. They said that customers still preferred the old Mumbai airport due to their proximity to the elegant areas of the city known for their traffic jams.
This means that charter operators will have to release them and fly to Navi Mumbai to park and, as a result, there will be an increase of 30% due to additional fuel costs and administrational expenses to use two airports.
A spokesman for Adani Holding Limited airport (AAHL) said The HinduThe relocation was required to develop and improve the capacity in CSMIA. He maintains that the rates for parking stalls would be determined through an open bidding process, based on market demand and other factors. The AAHL is the largest airport operator in the country with eight airports in its fold that records passenger traffic of 23-25% in the country. In other words, one in four air travelers makes use or their airports.
On March 30, the Mumbai Limited International Airport (MIAL) delivered termination letters to several corporate houses for vacancy the parking space used by them before July 31, 2025 for the construction of a filming street for airplanes. The airport operator said this was necessary to carry out airport development works that include the construction of a parallel filming street, as well as the improvement of one of the two tracks.
The Association of Business Aircraft (BAOA) responded said they were not occupying the parking space in an unauthorized way, but paying the prescribed rent. They said that the eviction was an opponent to the principles that govern the management of public infrastructure.
Baoa has written to the economic regulatory authority of the regulator of the rate regulator (Aera), demanding that CSMIA increase its parking capacity, which says it is a “critical requirement” and that the cost of relocation should not be imposed on commercial airplanes. They also demanded a viable alternative at no additional cost.
ESSAR, Aditya Birla and JSW did not respond to the emails. The Hindu He could not communicate with the president of Aera to comment.
The presentation of the BAOA was made as part of the industry’s consultations for the revision of the rate for the Mumbai airport for the 2024-2029 tariff cycle.
“It is categorically stated that all development and expansion activities at Mumbai International Airport (Mial/CSMIA), which is a public airport under the applicable law, must be carried out strictly in accordance with the legal and regulatory regulatory framework of India, the Law of India, the Law of Aero de la India (Aertain, including the Airport Aerial Law (withdraw the Airport Airports, and the Airport Law (Aero Capitán), “),”), “RK Bali, MD or Baoa, he said The Hindu.
According to section 2 (a) of the Aera Law, landing and parking charges are classified as aeronautical services and are subject to regulatory supervision and control.
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Charter service providers say that leaving customers at the old airport and then flying to Navi Mumbai airport to park will imply an additional hour in the air and on the ground the fuel costs only rise for almost ₹ 1.5 Lakh in a travel cost. This means that additional fuel burn will result in an increase in the cost by 30%. Together with other operating costs, there could be an impact on customer demand.
Business aircraft operators are not the only ones who are not happy. Commercial airlines, including internationals, are upset with the owner of the two Mumbai airports, asking them to change all their flights, stock and barrel or transfer partial operations to Navi Mumbai. The global body that represents the airlines protested against this movement in their name during a Aera consultation meeting last month.
“We would seek that the airport operator should not use its position as an operator of a ‘two airport system in Mumbai’ to move traffic to essentially start operations in NMIA,” Amitabh Khosla, Sautty Adrij.
Navi Mumbai airport is scheduled for the inauguration in June, almost two months late. The first phase of the airport will see the opening of a track and a terminal with passenger management capacity of 20 million passengers per year. The airport aims to register 10 million passengers in its first year of operations. The planned renovation of Terminal 1 of CSMIA will also result in the change of flights to Navi Mumbai.
Published – April 13, 2025 07:13 am isth