Mumbai, Delhi enter dual-airport era with distinct operating models
In Delhi-NCR, the two airports will be operated by separate entities: GMR Group and Zurich Airport. In contrast, both airports in MMR will be managed by a single operator, the
Adani Group
, which aims to create a twin-airport system "to enable airlines to operate seamlessly across both airports, particularly in terms of cost efficiency".
The group is treating Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) as "independent but cohesive".
So how will the two airports operate post-2030 when CSMIA gets a new T1 and NMIA gets T2? "What I ultimately see happening is an alliance split. One airport will be the base for One World and the other for Star Alliance (two of the three major global airline alliances)," Adani Group director (airports) Jeet Adani said.
A bit like New York's JFK and Newark.
NMIA is being conceived differently from CSMIA, which had come up at a time of origin-destination travels with low transfer connections.
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"NMIA is to be a global hub for air travel and not just an origin-destination airport. We are in talks with airlines (IndiGo and Air India) to make it their home base for their global footprint. We have shown them our plans and have asked to be included in their plans," Adani said.
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T2 is expected to be ready at NMIA by 2029-30, and a new structure would have been made in place of at least T1A at CSMIA. "Once the NMIA T2 is ready, I can give it to an (Indian) airline and its partner.
That is why we are demolishing CSMIA T1 in phases so as not to take the capacity out in one go," Adani said.
The group has asked the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) to consider CSMIA and NMIA as a single airport with common charges instead of having lower for the former and higher for the latter. For example, say the airport charges and user development fees of CSMIA are 'X', keeping in mind the Rs 5,000-crore capex for a new T1. The same for NMIA is '6X' given its Rs 19,000-crore capex for phases I & II. If the two are combined, it will cost 3X at both places, say group officials.
"The AERA Act passed by Parliament allows grouping of airports. So under that act, we have requested that CSMIA and NMIA be treated as a single airport," Adani said.
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