section_path: Transport/Air
section_name: Air
paragraph_text: Air
  
  The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (formerly Sahar International Airport) is the main aviation hub in the city and the second busiest airport in India in terms of passenger traffic. It handled 52.8 million passengers in the Financial Year 2024, an increase of 16 per cent in passenger traffic over the previous FY. An upgrade plan was initiated in 2006, targeted at increasing the capacity of the airport to handle up to 40 million passengers annually and the new terminal T2 was opened in February 2014.
  
  The Navi Mumbai International airport, being built in the Kopra- Panvel area, will help relieve the increasing traffic burden on the existing airport. It is expected to be completed and become operational by March 2025.
  
  The Juhu Aerodrome was India's first airport, and now hosts the Bombay Flying Club and a heliport operated by state-owned Pawan Hans.