Terminal 1A of Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), closed since 2016, is set to be demolished soon, along with a defunct chiller plant and a temporary shed on the premises, officials told a newspaper. The cleared area will be used for airport expansion projects, the officials said.

Officials told Hindustan Times that the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) — the planning authority for the airport — granted a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the demolition of Terminal 1A on September 24, 2025.

Terminal 1A, built in 1992, was once considered a modern facility and was the first in India to feature aerobridges. It primarily handled domestic flights of the former Indian Airlines, which later merged with Air India. Despite limited space fo

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