Repair T1, don't force passengers and airlines to move to Navi Mumbai airport: Aaditya Thackeray
Adani Airport Holdings Ltd has asked airlines to shift 33% of their international flights from Mumbai's CSMIA to Navi Mumbai International Airport
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has urged the central government to intervene in the proposed redevelopment of Terminal 1 (T1) at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), arguing that the terminal should be repaired or rebuilt instead of being forced to close and divert passengers to the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA).
Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), the operator of both CSMIA and NMIA, has requested airlines to shift 33% of their international flights to NMIA or discontinue them by October 25. AAHL is currently preparing to begin the redevelopment of CSMIA's T1, with plans to shift flight operations partially to NMIA. Thackeray believes the existing T1 was built relatively recently and should be upgraded without causing inconvenience to passengers or incurring additional costs.
He criticized the airport management for the chaos in crowd management and commercialisation of facilities, warning that the forced shift of flights to Navi Mumbai could lead to T1 being closed for several years and potentially result in more operations permanently moving to the new airport.
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