The GVK Group had commissioned Zaha Hadid, who also designed the Beijing Daxing International Airport, to create the Navi Mumbai International Airport. The Mumbai T2 drew inspiration from the peacock, and the lotus inspired NMIA. Soon after, Mumbai, as well as the Navi Mumbai airport, were taken over by Adani Airports.
Now, as the airport prepares for its inauguration in a couple of days, we have more information about Terminal 1, which is set to go live in December 2025.
Navi Mumbai Airport’s check-in area
Navi Mumbai Airport T1 will have 66 check-in counters and 22 self-bag drop counters.
NMI Check in Counters (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
NMI Check in Counters (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
Navi Mumbai Airport’s security check area
The NMI Airport Security check has been integrated with the digital arts programme that the airport will run. NMIA has been planned as an international venue for showcasing regional and national art and culture through Digital Art, as well as a physical art programme. It offers an enriching and immersive experience of India, particularly Maharashtra, through the display of art, craft and culture through digital technology.
NMI Security Check area (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
NMI Security Check area (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
NMI Security Check area (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
Navi Mumbai Airport’s Airside area
On the airside, Navi Mumbai Airport’s Terminal 1 has 29 aerobridges and 10 bus boarding stands. In terms of retail offerings, the airport will feature casual dining and a food hall offering cuisines from India and abroad, as well as brewery & bars. There will be 110 retail and food and beverage (F&B) outlets at the terminal and forecourt.
Domestic departures will have a dedicated kids’ play zone. A Transit/Day Hotel with an 80-room facility for short stays will also be available.
NMI Airside Retail area (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
NMI Airside Waiting area (Image courtesy Adani NMIA Corporate Communications)
Of course, more information and images will surface after the inauguration. Also, the airport will take up to 45 days to become functional from a security perspective after the inauguration later this week. So expect flights from December 2025.
Bottomline
The Navi Mumbai International Airport is set to come alive on October 8, 2025, and is expected to be fully functional by December 2025. The airport has some gorgeous architecture on the inside, and was inspired by the Lotus at the design stage.
What do you think of the Navi Mumbai International Airport and its connectivity as it comes to life?
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None of the international carriers have announced plans for nmia.
When and how do you see them coming? Only via additional capacity or shifting existing flights to new airport?
Beautiful architecture which remind the lotus-shaped domes of many religious buildings in India.
You write that “NMIA has been planned as an international venue for showcasing regional and national art and culture through Digital Art”, I hope that this exhibition will truly reflect the diversity of Indian cultural and religious “masala” without exclusions, which will give a positive image of the country..
I hope also that the security checks will be carried out with modern machines that do not require taking out all electronic devices from the cabin baggage. This is already the case in many airports around the world like Istanbul (and even the small airport of Geneva!).
Any idea on the carry on baggage scanners in security check area? Will those be advanced CT scanners or will the process of removing all our gadgets continue at NMIA as well?
@Pratik, I assume the latter. I don’t think any airport has won approval for the CT Scanners yet, just like they haven’t won approval for the bodyscanners yet.