Mumbai, Dec. 30 -- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Mumbai, has commissioned Taxiway M, a significant airside infrastructure upgrade designed to improve airside efficiency and operational resilience at one of the world's busiest single-runway airports.

According to a release, the CSMIA handles an average of 950+ aircraft traffic movements (ATMs) daily.

This is primarily supported by the main runway 09/27 that handles high-intensity operations supported historically by a single Parallel Taxi Track (PTT) N-N1, which has remained in near-constant use due to the absence of an alternate full-length taxiway. Over time, sustained traffic levels and limited maintenance windows highlighted the need for an additional par...