New Delhi, May 20 -- Adani-operated Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL) has received a green light from the country's civil aviation ministry's tariff regulatory body to increase domestic user development fees (UDFs) by 6% from April next year. The operator itself had proposed a 20% hike from 1 April 2027. Navi Mumbai airport's UDFs are already the second-highest of any major Indian airport after GMR-run Hyderabad airport.

On Wednesday, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) approved the user domestic fees for the airport. It said between 1 June 2026 and 31 March 2027, domestic passengers departing from Navi Mumbai airport will pay a fee of Rs.620 while arriving passengers will pay Rs.270. These are the same rates passen...