Mumbai airport closed for 6 hours today:Airlines reschedule flights; check here for helpline numbers

If you are planning to fly out of Mumbai today, check your phone for airline alerts first. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has officially suspended all flight operations for six hours today, 7 May, 2026, for its annual pre-monsoon maintenance and repair work. The shutdown began at 11:00 AM and is scheduled to last until 5:00 PM. During this window, both the primary runway (09/27) and the secondary runway (14/32) are closed. This routine work is done every year to ensure the runways can handle the heavy Mumbai rains without waterlogging or safety risks. Airlines share helpline number for affected passengers Major domestic carriers, including IndiGo, Air India, Vistara, and Akasa Air, have been forced to reschedule or cancel dozens of flights. The airport handles over 1,000 flight movements a day. Akasa Air: Helpline no: +91 9606 112131 Check flight status: http://bit.ly/qpfltsts Spicejet helpline no: +91 (0)124 4983410 or +91 (0)1247101600 IndiGo helpline no: 0124-6173838, 0124-4973838 India’s Soaring Air Traffic Mumbai is one of the busiest airports in the world. Its importance to Indian aviation is clear from its massive traffic: Daily: Around 1.5 lakh to 1.7 lakh passengers. Monthly: Approximately 45 lakh to 50 lakh passengers. Yearly: The airport handled a record 5.55 crore passengers in 2025. India is now the world’s third-largest domestic aviation market. Here is how the national traffic looks: Daily: Over 5 lakh domestic passengers fly across India every day. Monthly: Indian airports combined handle roughly 3.3 crore to 3.5 crore passengers. Yearly: Total passenger traffic for all Indian airports reached 41.2 in the 2024-25 period and is expected to cross 42 crore this year.