India Plans To Control Its Entire Airspace From Nagpur, Consolidating Four Current FIRs

India is planning a significant move to consolidate its four Flight Information Regions (FIRs) located in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai into a single continuous airspace centred in Nagpur, thereby establishing unified Air Traffic Management. This move aims to bolster safety measures, decrease carbon emissions, minimise flight separations and enable more fuel-efficient flight routes. 

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested the preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Indian Single Sky Harmonised ATM (Air Traffic Management) at Nagpur (Ishan), aiming to assess both domestic and global technological capabilities for the task. A leading media house has obtained a copy of this document. 

India serves as a primary air navigation service provider in the Asia-Pacific region, overseeing more than 2.8 million square nautical miles of airspace. Currently, this airspace is administered by India across four flight information regions—Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai—along with a sub-FIR in Guwahati. India shares its Flight Information Regions (FIR) with 12 neighbouring countries.