The state government has announced that the new airport on the outskirts of Mumbai will be named ‘Loknete DB Patil Navi Mumbai International Airport’. Besides Navi Mumbai, the Maharashtra government has also proposed renaming Pune airport after Jagadguru Sant Tukaram and Chhatrapati Sambhjinagar Airport (formerly Aurangabad airport) after Chhatrapati Sambhaji Mahraj.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that initially, when permission for construction of the airport near Mumbai was sought, approvals were given in the name of Navi Mumbai Airport. “But the state government has requested the Union government to name the airport after DB Patil. Also, a proposal for renaming Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhjinagar airports has been sent to the centre. The government of India has shown a positive response to the proposal,” Fadnavis said.