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FedEx Breaks Ground on ₹2,500 Crore Automated Cargo Hub at Navi Mumbai Airport

The move responds to Mumbai’s planned August 1 freighter pause, with interim operations at Navi Mumbai targeted for May.

Overview

  • FedEx will develop a 300,000 sq ft regional cargo hub at Navi Mumbai International Airport in partnership with Adani Airport Holdings Ltd.
  • The facility will feature automated sorting, dimensional scanning, high‑speed screening and dedicated freighter bays to speed simultaneous inbound and outbound processing.
  • Designed as a consolidation and redistribution hub, it will link India with Southeast Asia, West Asia, Europe and the United States.
  • Officials cite an expected completion in about two years, though other reports place the operational timeline between more than a year and up to three years.
  • Navi Mumbai’s cargo plan scales from roughly 0.5 MMT initially to about 3.25 MMT, with more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs projected once operations begin.