Airlines are stimulating travel demand from Navi Mumbai airport, which begins commercial operations on December 25. Yet that does not necessarily mean that all flights from Navi Mumbai will be cheaper in comparison to Mumbai.
A check on online portals on Wednesday evening showed that one-way economy class tickets for travel on December 25 to Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad and Nagpur were cheaper from Mumbai. Tickets to Kochi, Lucknow and Mangalore were cheaper from Navi Mumbai.
A similar trend was seen on scanning flights options for travel on New Year's eve. Tickets for Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad for flights were cheaper from Mumbai. Tickets to Kochi, Lucknow, Mangalore and Nagpur were cheaper from Navi Mumbai.
There are no flights listed to Goa on December 31, from Navi Mumbai.
Timings, fee
The first month of operations at Navi Mumbai airport will see 23 daily departures operated by Akasa Air and IndiGo, and these will scale up to 34 next February as the airport begins 24-hour operations.
While Akasa is operating flights to four cities, IndiGo will be flying to 10 destinations in the launch phase.
An airline source said this is too early to assess demand and pricing trends for Navi Mumbai. Typically 30-40 per cent of seats get sold in last seven days before departure. "Bookings from Navi Mumbai flights will pick up from December," he said.
Another executive said ticket prices from Navi Mumbai could be higher because of the higher user development fee component levied by the Navi Mumbai airport.
Ticket prices would also depend on flight timings. " Mumbai airport has been supply constrained and with opening of Navi Mumbai we see significant demand boost. Going forward ticket prices from both the airports may stabilise," he said.
Prices for Christmas Day travel showed wide variance with tickets to Delhi and Hyderabad from Navi Mumbai priced 2x-3x and 171 per cent higher than those from Mumbai on Wednesday. The price difference for travel to Nagpur was just 2.8 per cent.
For travel on December 31st, fares to Ahmedabad were 68 per cent higher from Navi Mumbai compared to Mumbai. Fares to Lucknow and Nagpur from both the airports were nearly identical with less than a percent difference.
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Published on November 19, 2025
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