The Navi Mumbai International Airport CEO, Capt BVJK Sharma, has revealed that it will commence operations with around 8 to 10 air traffic movements (ATMs) every hour and will gradually scale up to 30 ATMs by 2026 summer as the airport authorities expect to see peak traffic of the first phase by then. In its initial phase, is expected to handle 20 million passengers per annum, with the capacity to serve 90 million passengers once complete. While the date of the commencement of operations has not been announced yet, airlines like IndiGo and Akasa Air have already announced their operations from the airport.