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Mumbai Airport Ranks Ninth Globally in Travel + Leisure’s 2025 World's Best Awards

Public-private governance has driven the roll-out of biometric boarding upgrades that streamline passenger flow

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Overview

  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport secured ninth place with a reader score of 84.23, marking the only Indian entry in the top ten for a third successive year
  • The airport introduced DigiYatra facial recognition checkpoints, 68 electronic gates, self-check-in kiosks and an advanced Airport Operations Control Centre ahead of the latest rankings
  • Operated by Mumbai International Airport Limited, a 74/26 joint venture between Adani Airport Holdings and the Airports Authority of India, CSMIA continues to scale capacity on its single-runway network
  • In fiscal 2024-25, CSMIA handled over 55 million passengers and nearly 1,000 daily flights connecting 54 international and 67 domestic destinations
  • CSMIA retains ACI’s Level 5 Airport Customer Experience accreditation and has been named Asia-Pacific’s best airport for over 40 million passengers for an eighth consecutive year