Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land at NMIA on Oct. 8 aboard India One for an inspection and inauguration, with the visit expected to last about two hours.
• CIDCO says the first week of December is the planned start for passenger services following calibrations, final clearances and a CISF security sweep after the ceremony.
• NMIA received its DGCA aerodrome licence on Sept. 30; Phase I includes Terminal 1 with 20 MPPA capacity built for Rs 19,647 crore, and the full programme targets 90 MPPA at an estimated cost near Rs 1 lakh crore.
• The project developer is NMIAL with Adani Group holding 74% and CIDCO 26%, and airlines including Air India Group, IndiGo and Akasa Air have announced plans to operate from the new airport.
• Authorities are positioning NMIA as a hub with multimodal access via expressways, suburban rail, metro and planned water taxi links, and officials indicate plans for origin‑city immigration processing to enable seamless international connections; IATA has assigned the code NMI.