Mumbai International Airport Ltd has proposed airline-wise cuts to weekly international departures at Terminal 2 from October 25.
IndiGo faces a cut of 74 slots and Air India 33.
Emirates and Etihad Airways each face a cut of 10, Akasa Air 11, Air India Express 7 and SpiceJet 5.
The cuts total 265 of 770 weekly slots and would affect 46 airlines.
Airlines must name the slots by 4 pm on October 6.
The cut would be about 33% of the 770 weekly international departure slots at the terminal.
The reduction would affect 46 airlines.
MIAL cited a dispute with airlines over the transition linked to the redevelopment of Terminal 1.
The redevelopment requires moving about 5 million passengers a year from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2.
IndiGo faces a cut of 74 weekly slots and Air India 33.
Emirates and Etihad Airways each face a cut of 10 weekly departures.
Akasa Air faces a cut of 11 slots, Air India Express 7 and SpiceJet 5.
MIAL has asked airlines to identify the specific departure slots they want to discontinue by 4 pm on October 6.
For airlines that do not respond, MIAL will decide the cuts itself.
The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, has opposed compulsory airline relocations.
IATA has argued for voluntary transfers and for protecting existing slot entitlements during the transition.
A slot is the approved time at which an airline may take off from or land at an airport.
The reports did not include a direct statement from the government or the airlines on the proposed cut.
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, and Terminal 2 opened in 2014.
October 25, 2026 is the last Sunday of October, the date on which the northern winter flight schedule normally begins.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai (file image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
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