India, Nov. 11 -- The Maharashtra government has suggested that Terminal 1 (T1) of the Mumbai airport be redeveloped in phases to avoid any disruption in flights, much less shift flights from the Mumbai airport to the new one in Navi Mumbai.

The government, which has written to the Union civic aviation ministry, has stepped in following a face-off between international airlines and Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), the operator of both airports.

The Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), in which AAHL owns a 74% stake, had insisted that international flights to 14 destinations shift from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) to the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), to facilitate the redevelopment ...