Subhechcha Ganguly 
The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), India’s first fully digital and AI-enabled airport, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, October 8. Developed under a public-private partnership between Adani Airport Holdings and CIDCO, the state-of-the-art facility will begin commercial operations in December.
Built at a cost of Rs19,650 crore, the 1,160-hectare airport will initially handle 20 million passengers annually with one runway and terminal, eventually expanding to a capacity of 155 million passengers with four terminals and two runways. The airport will generate over two lakh jobs across aviation, logistics, IT, hospitality, and real estate sectors.
Equipped with cutting-edge digital features such as AI-enabled baggage tracking, online baggage drop, automated immigration, and pre-booked parking, NMIA is designed to be an “anxiety-free airport,” according to Adani Airports CEO Arun Bansal. Airlines including IndiGo, Air India Express, and Akasa Air are expected to begin operations, with 40% of the initial traffic being international flights.
