India-UAE Travel: Mumbai Airport to temporarily closed for 6 Hours Thursday
CSMIA to close runways for 6 hours on May 8 for pre-monsoon maintenance; not linked to regional tensions
Mumbai Airport to Close Temporarily on May 8 for Scheduled Maintenance; Not Linked to India-Pakistan Tensions
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will suspend flight operations for six hours on Thursday, May 8, 2025, due to its annual pre-monsoon runway maintenance. The closure will impact both the primary (Runway 09/27) and secondary (Runway 14/32) and will run from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
A yearly safety precaution to guarantee the airport’s readiness for the monsoon season includes this brief closure. The maintenance was scheduled in advance and had nothing to do with the recent escalation of geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, the CSMIA stressed.
The airport added that throughout this brief period, it had coordinated with airlines and aviation authorities to minimize passenger annoyance and preserve a seamless travel suspension experience.
Meanwhile, tensions between India and Pakistan have resulted in the cancellation of nearly 600 flights across both countries. After India’s precision strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 430 flights in India – roughly 3% of scheduled operations – were canceled. Nearly 17%, or 147, of Pakistan’s scheduled air traffic were canceled.
Mumbai airport was closed on May 8, aimed at improving security ahead of the monsoon season, although the disruptions affected general air travel around the region, but were for operational and preventive purposes only.
