Vadodara: The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), the second airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, commenced operations on Thursday, enhancing domestic connectivity.

On the first day of operations at NMIA, two airlines, IndiGo and Star Air, launched direct flight services between Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s largest city, and the Navi Mumbai airport. As operations expand, Vadodara will become the second city in Gujarat to receive connectivity with NMIA.

IndiGo has announced that it will launch five-times-weekly flights between NMIA and Vadodara starting December 30, 2025. The service will operate on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Flight 6E 0890 will depart from Navi Mumbai at 15:00 hours and arrive at Vadodara at 16:05 hours, with a total flight duration of approximately one hour. The return service, Flight 6E 0891, will depart from Vadodara at 16:40 hours and land at Navi Mumbai at 17:45 hours, with a similar flight time of around one hour and five minutes.

In addition to this route, the airline has also announced daily flights on the NMIA–Coimbatore and NMIA–Chennai sectors effective December 29, 2025, as well as a five-times-weekly frequency addition on the NMIA–North Goa route starting December 26, 2025. DeshGujarat