Some corporate Titans in Mumbai such as Essar Group, Aditya Birla Group, JSW Steel and Taj Group are fuming on a eviction order, which targets his business jet at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSMIA), owned by Adani. Inner indeli sources claim that this step is a strong strategy to force them to move to the open Navi Mumbai airport soon, which is also under Adani’s control.
Adding fuel to the fire, Navi Mumbai Airport has decided to make a ₹ 20 crore parking stand fee, as well as an annual fee, a rate, which something “illegal” calls, arguing that only the tariff regulator has the right to fix such allegations. The move has also worried the chartered airline providers who offer private air travel. He said that customers would like the old Mumbai airport due to proximity to the posh areas of the city known for their traffic jams.
This means that charter operators will have to drop them there and fly to Navi Mumbai for parking and as a result, the cost will increase by 30% due to additional fuel burning, with additional expenses to use two airports at the top.
A spokesman for Adani Airport Holding Limited (AAHL) told HinduCSMIA required rehabilitation to develop and improve capacity. This indicates that the fee for the parking stand will be determined through an open bidding process depending on the market demand and other factors. AAHL is the largest airport operator in the country with its fold with eight airports which completely records 23-25% passenger traffic. In other words, one of the four air travelers uses its airports.
On March 30, Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) handed over the ending letters to several corporate houses to vacate the parking space used by them by July 31, 2025 for the construction of taxiways for the aircraft. The airport operator said that it was necessary to complete the development works of the airport, including the construction of a parallel taxiway, along with the increase in one of the two runs.
In its response, the Business Aircraft Operators Association (BAOA) has opposed the “unilateral” step and said he was not a unauthorized manner -occupying squatters at the parking space, but was paying the prescribed fare. He has said that eviction “was contrary to the principles controlling public infrastructure management.”
The industry body representing business aircraft operators has written to the Tariff Regulatory, Economic Regulatory Authority of Airports (AERA), demanding that CSMIA should increase its parking capacity that is a “most important requirement” at the airport. He has also demanded a viable option during temporary or permanent transfer that should not have any additional cost for operators as an additional expense was “legally unfair” and warned of “judicial inquiry”.
The presentation of BAOA was done as part of the industry counseling for the revision of tariffs for the Mumbai airport for the Tariff Chakra 2024-2029.
Essar, Aditya Birla and JSW did not respond to the email. Hindu The president of Aera for a comment was unable to reach SKG.
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According to Section 2 (A) of the Aera Act, landing and parking fees are classified as aeronautical services and are subject to regulatory inspections and controls.
The ₹ 20 crore parking stand fee at the new airport is contrary to the current fee currently levied at the old airport. For a mid-size business jet such as Dassault Falcon 2000 weighing 9,500 kg, an operator will have to pay of 106 for 2.5 hours to 3.5 hours as a parking charge at a current rate of ₹ 11.22 per metric ton. The airport also allowed 24 jets to be parked overnight at the same rate, which included the aircraft owned by professional homes mainly in Mumbai.
According to industry sources, Navi Mumbai has deposited the price of its hanger or location and ₹ 100 crore used for storage, maintenance and repair of their hangers or aircraft, who said that it has been said that it has been said that it has stopped some players from getting the same facility in Navi Mumbai with the existing hangar location in CSMIA.
Charter service providers say that leaving customers at the old airport and then flying to the Navy Mumbai Airport for parking will increase by an additional hour spent in the air and the cost of fuel on the ground will increase to about ₹ 1.5 lakh at a travel cost of ₹ 5.5 lakh per hour. This means that the cost will increase by 30%as a result of additional fuel burn. With an increase in other operating costs, customers may have an impact on demand.
Business jet operators are not only those who are unhappy. Commercial airlines, including international people, are upset with the owner of two Mumbai airports, asking them to shift to lock, stock and barrels of all their flights or transfer partial operations to Navi Mumbai. The global body representing the airlines against the move on its behalf during a counseling meeting of AERA last month opposed the move.
We would recommend that the airport operator should not use his status as an operator of the ‘two airports in Mumbai’ to transfer traffic to NMIA compulsorily operations, “said Amitabh Khosla, director of the country of the International Air Transport Association.
Navi Mumbai Airport is scheduled for inauguration in June, about two months behind the schedule. In the first phase of the airport, a terminal will appear with the opening of a runway and a passenger handling capacity of 20 million passengers per year.
The airport aims to record 10 million passengers in the first year of its operation. Flights to Navi Mumbai will also change as a result of the planned renewal of CSMIA Terminal 1. While the old airport is a public-private partnership between Aahl (76% stakeholding) and the Authority of the airports (24%), the new airport in Navi Mumbai is also 74:26 joint venture between Aahl and City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO).
Published – 13 April, 2025 07:13 AM IST