AERA has abolished landing charges for international flights at Navi Mumbai Airport
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), in an order dated September 8, approved changes to the airport’s Variable Tariff Plan (VTP) after Navi Mumbai International Airport Ltd (NMIAL) sought a revision in the route eligibility criteria. The charges will be reduced by 50% in the second year, while long-haul international services will get a 25% waiver in the third year, an official said. Routes of up to 5,000 km are classified as short-haul, while those above 5,000 km are considered long-haul. For additional international flight frequencies, airlines will get a 50% discount for short-haul and 75% for long-haul services in the first year, the official said. International freighter operators will also receive a 90% waiver on landing charges in the first year, followed by a 50% discount in the second year. The airport was inaugurated on October 8, 2025, and began commercial operations on December 25, 2025. Its international operations began on July 15, when an Air India Express flight to Abu Dhabi became the first international service from the airport (With PTI inputs) You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Mumbai | Silver Rate in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai | Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Petrol Price in Mumbai | Diesel Price in Mumbai | CNG Price in Mumbai | LPG Price in Mumbai Stay updated with the latest Mumbai news.
“Such modification would provide greater opportunities to the airport operator in facilitating the development of international connectivity while ensuring that the benefit of the incentive is linked to the achievement of the intended traffic and utilisation outcomes,” AERA said in its order. AERA said the modification to the VTP was intended to encourage airlines to introduce new international services and maintain connectivity from Navi Mumbai airport. MUMBAI: Airlines flying international routes from the newly operational Navi Mumbai International Airport will get a major tariff incentive, with aviation regulator AERA waiving aircraft landing charges for the first year in a bid to encourage carriers to add and sustain international connectivity from the airport. Under the revised plan, landing charges for both short-haul and long-haul international routes connecting Navi Mumbai airport will be waived in the first year. AERA’s revised rules have changed the eligibility criteria for the landing charge waiver. Under the revised framework, the incentive will apply to new international routes from Navi Mumbai airport, regardless of whether the same route is already operational from Mumbai airport. Both Mumbai and Navi Mumbai airports are part of the Adani group . Download the TOI App.
Earlier, the incentive applied to new international routes from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), which meant routes already being operated from Mumbai airport were excluded from the waiver.