India, Oct. 28 -- By Amrit Prakash

New Delhi [India], October 28 (ANI): The Airline Operators Committee (AOC) and the airport operator held a constructive dialogue on Wednesday to align on the dual-airport strategy for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

An official release mentioned that the operator presented detailed redevelopment schedules for Terminal 1 (T1), Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), reiterating the critical urgency of demolishing T1, delayed for over nine years and the structural audit reports by Structwel (2017) and IIT Bombay (2024) have highlighted the urgency of the same.

CSMIA has a total capacity of around 55 mppa. The temporary transition of 5 mppa traffic accounts means that 91% of the ...