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Protest over naming Navi Mumbai airport after farmer leader D B Patil: 5 years later, 2 BJP MLAs acquitted

December 24, 2025 2:57 pm

BJP’s Panvel MLA Prashant Thakur and Uran MLA Mahesh Baldi were cleared of the charges in two separate cases filed against them.

The Navi Mumbai Airport's operations side as seen on Monday, December 22. (Express Photo by Narendra Vaskar)

Ahead of its December 25 inauguration, here's how you can reach Navi Mumbai International Airport

December 23, 2025 9:58 am

Until several planned infrastructure projects are completed, passengers will depend on a mix of suburban trains, buses, and road-based transport to reach the Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Navi Mumbai airport (left) and Spencer Perceval (right). (Credit: Instagram/@navimumairport; File Photo)

From Spencer Perceval’s balloon in 1889 to Navi Mumbai airport, here’s how Mumbai learned to fly

December 20, 2025 4:16 pm

With the Navi Mumbai International Airport marking the latest chapter in Mumbai’s long aviation history, let’s take a look at the journey that began with hydrogen balloons and peril, long before concrete runways reshaped the city’s skies.

Bombay HC seeks response to plea demanding compensation for offsite infra construction for Navi Mumbai Airport

November 29, 2025 9:29 pm

The Maharashtra Small Scale Traditional Fish Worker’s Union filed a civil writ petition stating that they have been carrying out traditional fishing practices for generations in the area and the reclamation for the infrastructure was carried out without involving them.

Maharashtra plans the ₹23,000 crore Metro Line 8, a 35-km corridor that will link Mumbai's CSMIA and the new Navi Mumbai International Airport. (File)

All in 30-mins: The game changer airport-to-airport Metro Mumbai has been waiting for

November 21, 2025 11:01 am

The proposed Metro Line 8, or Gold Line, will have 20 stations along its route, providing a direct, rapid transit link between Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and the Navi Mumbai International Airport.

On October 3, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that "it has been assured that the airport will be named Loknete D B Patil Navi Mumbai International Airport". (File)

PIL seeks direction to name Navi Mumbai airport after D B Patil ‘to avoid future unrest’, Bombay HC says it has no power to do so

November 05, 2025 6:34 pm

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that ‘it has been assured that the airport will be named Loknete D B Patil Navi Mumbai International Airport’.

PM Modi launches development projects worth Rs 31,850 crore

NMIA inauguration ‘dream come true’ for Maharashtra, PM expedited project: CM Fadnavis

October 08, 2025 10:47 pm

Tells UK delegation: State most favoured destination for investments

Navi Mumbai International Airport inaugurated, but flights won’t take off until December. Here’s why

October 09, 2025 3:01 pm

Major airlines like Air India, IndiGo, and Akasa Air will begin operations at the Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Preparations underway for the inauguration of the Navi Mumbai International Airport.

Set to be inaugurated today, how Navi Mumbai International Airport could shape aviation landscape

October 08, 2025 1:24 pm

Navi Mumbai Airport inauguration today: Flight operations will begin likely in December with initial flight windows from 8 am to 8 pm, managing 10 air traffic movements per hour, scaling up to 40 as operational readiness improves in six to nine months.

The Navi Mumbai International Airport, set for inauguration by PM Modi, will serve as a major cargo and travel hub for western Maharashtra.

Navi Mumbai International Airport will be a ‘global gateway to growth’ for Pune residents and industries: Union minister Murlidhar Mohol

October 07, 2025 5:59 pm

Pune residents will be able to reach Navi Mumbai International Airport, set to be inaugurated by PM Modi tomorrow, in two and a half to three hours, says Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol.