India, Nov. 13 -- The Shiv Sena (UBT) has backed chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's opposition to shifting international flights from the Mumbai airport to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), alleging that NMIA lacked the infrastructure to meet the needs of international airlines.

Controversy erupted after the Adani Group-led Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) instructed airlines to shift flights to 14 international destinations due to the redevelopment of the old Terminal1 at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) The flights, to destinations such as Doha, Jeddah, Dhaka, Kathmandu and Muscat, were to be shifted in time for the summer schedule from March next year.

After airlines opposed the mo...