Overview
- Commercial operations began on December 25 with IndiGo flight 6E460 from Bengaluru landing at 8:00 am and flight 6E882 to Hyderabad departing at 8:40 am, both marked by a water cannon salute.
- Day‑one services were operated by IndiGo, Akasa Air, Air India Express and Star Air across nine domestic destinations; the operator outlined 15 scheduled departures, while later reports cited 48 flights serving over 4,000 passengers.
- Initial operations run from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with capacity for up to 10 aircraft movements per hour, and the airport plans a phased ramp‑up toward 24x7 service from February 2026.
- Phase 1 features one runway and one terminal built at about ₹19,650 crore, with capacity for 20 million passengers a year and 0.5 million tonnes of cargo, to expand across five phases to 90 million passengers annually.
- The project is a public‑private partnership led by Adani Airports Holdings (74%) with CIDCO (26%), positioned to ease chronic congestion at Mumbai’s current airport and supported by growing multimodal connectivity.