FedEx to invest ₹2,500 crore in setting up automated cargo hub at Navi Mumbai airport

Express transportation firm FedEx on Wednesday (February 18, 2026) said it will invest over ₹2,500 crore in setting up a 300,000 sq ft fully automated cargo hub at Navi Mumbai International Airport.

The facility to be developed in collaboration with Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL) will be designed as a regional consolidation and redistribution hub and support trade flows across Southeast and West Asia, Europe and the United States, embedding global network connectivity directly within India’s primary trade corridor, FedEx said.

Earlier in the day, the ground-breaking ceremony for the facility was held at the cargo terminal site of the Navi Mumbai International Airport in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and top leadership teams from both FedEx and AAHL.

The U.S.-based multinational courier delivery conglomerate, which handles some 17-million packets a day and operates 400 daily freighter services globally, currently has a tech hub in Hyderabad.

Equipped with advanced automated sorting systems, dimensional scanning, high-speed screening technology and dedicated aircraft parking bays, the Navi Mumbai facility will enable simultaneous processing of inbound and outbound shipments and enhance routing flexibility and transit time predictability, particularly for high-value and time-sensitive sectors such as electronics, engineering goods, pharmaceuticals, and perishables.

“The Rs 2,500 crore long-term investments by FedEx will support the proposed 300,000 sq ft facility, designed as a regional consolidation and redistribution hub and developed in partnership with AAHL,” the company said.

The hub leverages NMIA’s multimodal infrastructure to strengthen western India’s international trade corridor. Once operational, the facility is expected to create more than 6,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities across logistics, warehousing, transportation and allied services, FedEx said.

It also said that the new facility advances capacity in India’s largest international trade corridor and strengthens its role as an integrated logistics and trade gateway for western India.

“This development reflects NMIA’s long-term vision of building integrated infrastructure that strengthens India’s trade competitiveness. With its proximity to Jawaharlal Nehru Port, industrial corridors and multimodal transport networks, NMIA is uniquely positioned to support high-growth export sectors and enhance Maharashtra’s role as a global logistics gateway,” said Jeet Adani, Director at AAHL.

“This is not just an investment. It is a statement of confidence in India’s economic trajectory, in Maharashtra’s infrastructure vision and in what this (NMIA) airport represents,” he said.

He said that NMIA, being in close proximity to one of the country’s busiest container port Jawaharlal Nehru Port, has earmarked 29 hectares of land for cargo infrastructure, 10 dedicated freighter stands and a fully automated cargo terminal with the capacity to eventually handle over 3 million metric tons of cargo annually.

“This combination of sea-to-port proximity, air connectivity and purpose-built cargo infrastructure is very rare, not just in India but globally. It is this convergence that makes Navi Mumbai a natural choice for a company like FedEx to build its India hub,” he said.

This facility will serve as a high-tech gateway for both domestic and international shipments, strengthening India’s trade ecosystem, accelerating goods movement and connecting our exporters and businesses more directly to markets across South Asia, Europe and the United States, Jeet Adani said.

As the cargo operations at the NMIA scale up and more global players follow FedEx’s lead, Jeet Adani said, this airport will become what it was always meant to be, a world-class logistics hub that puts India at the centre of global supply chains.

Further, FedEx President and CEO Raj Subramaniam said that India’s trade ambition is entering a new phase, moving beyond point-to-point volume flows towards hub-led transhipment-driven logistics.

“The FedEx Navi Mumbai hub is designed to support this shift,” he said.

In addition to increasing FedEx operational capacity here, the company is helping expand export corridors and strengthening service reliability for high-growth industries, he said.

“Our announcement today reflects the long-term commitment of FedEx to India’s trade growth and our alignment to the National Logistics Policy and PM’s Gati Shakti Plan. At the centre of this is a long-term investment of over US$250 million, demonstrating our confidence in India’s growth trajectory and our commitment to building the capabilities to support it,” Mr. Subramaniam said.

India has witnessed historic growth as supply chain diversification and resilience became boardroom conversations, he said, adding, “We do not see this as a temporary trend, but a long-term shift as the world re-globalises, which is why our investments here are also focused on the long term.”

Addressing the function, Mr. Fadnavis said that FedEx’s decision to invest in a hub in Mumbai at a time shows the power of India and shows how India and Maharashtra matter when it comes to trade.

“I think when companies like FedEx come with new technologies, with the use of artificial intelligence that helps in bringing down the cost of logistics,” he added.

“India’s competitiveness in global trade will increasingly depend on the reliability and speed of its logistics infrastructure,” said Kami Vishwanathan, President for Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa (MEISA) at FedEx.

Establishing this hub at NMIA allows FedEx to integrate global network strength with India’s fastest-growing trade corridor, providing greater certainty, speed and efficiency to customers, she added.

The improved reliability is also expected to strengthen export-import capabilities for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) while contributing to lower logistics costs and faster turnaround times, it said.

Published – February 18, 2026 09:46 pm IST