HYDERABAD, Jan. 28 -- Gautam Adani-owned Navi Mumbai International Airport expects to start international operations by June, after obtaining clearance for night flying operations in the next month, the company's top executive said.

"We are in the process of getting the night flight permit, after which the next step will be to start 24-hour domestic operations and in the first quarter of FY27 we will start international operations," Arun Bansal, chief executive officer of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, told Mint at the Wings India 2026 event in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

Bansal also reiterated the need to ease bilateral agreements to allow foreign airlines to operate more flights to India - at least until Indian airlines build up sufficient c...