Pune ↔ Mumbai T2 for international flights

Flying out

How many hours before an international flight to reach T2

The Mumbai airport operator asks international passengers to reach the airport 4 hours before departure (CSMIA departure guide). Add the 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Pune and 30 minutes spare, and the car leaves Pune 7 to 7.5 hours before the time on your ticket.

Many international flights leave T2 between midnight and 5 AM, so the pickup is often on the evening before the date printed on the ticket. For a 2 AM flight on the 12th, the car comes on the 11th between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM. Book the pickup date, not the flight date.

Use the earlier time if you live in Kharadi, Wagholi, Hadapsar or Hinjewadi, or if the drive reaches Mumbai between about 5 and 9 PM. The airport pickup time calculator works it out for your area.

Flying in

After you land: immigration, customs and finding your driver

Book the pickup about 45 minutes after your scheduled landing, for immigration, bags and customs, and allow 2.5 to 3 hours for the drive. Land at 2:10 AM and the pickup is 2:55 AM, with you in Pune between 5:25 AM and 5:55 AM on an empty road. Daytime landings take longer, because the car leaves Mumbai through city traffic. Each region's arrivals page lists the landing times with the pickup and in-Pune times worked out.

1. Immigration. Have your passport and visa ready, plus the e-Arrival card QR code if you travel on a foreign passport. Indian passport and OCI holders enrolled in the government's Fast Track Immigration programme (FTI-TTP) can use the e-gates.
2. Baggage. The screens in the hall show your belt.
3. Customs. Use the green channel if you have nothing to declare and the red channel if you do. Under the Baggage Rules, 2026, goods worth up to ₹75,000 come in duty-free for residents, tourists of Indian origin and foreigners on a non-tourist visa, and up to ₹25,000 for tourists of foreign origin, plus one new laptop for each passenger aged 18 or over. Up to 2 litres of alcohol and up to 100 cigarettes can come under that allowance, and family members cannot pool their allowances (CBIC traveller guide).
4. Arrival hall. Walk out of the arrival hall to the multi-level car park, where the airport keeps pre-arranged transport.
5. Level 5, general parking. Your driver meets you here. Call him on the number we sent on WhatsApp and he will guide you to the car.

How long from landing to the car? Mumbai airport does not publish an immigration time. We plan 45 minutes from the scheduled landing to walking out of the arrival hall, which covers immigration, the belt and customs on a busy international bank. If you travel on a foreign or OCI passport, file the e-Arrival card before you fly: travel guides report that passengers who arrive without one are sent to kiosks near immigration to fill it in, which adds time at busy hours.

Give us a pickup time about 45 minutes after your scheduled landing, and your flight number. We track the flight, and if it lands late the pickup moves with it. The first 30 minutes of waiting are free, counted from the scheduled pickup time. The driver's name, phone number and car number reach you on WhatsApp before pickup. Flow based on the CSMIA arrival guide.

Before you fly

e-Arrival card (OCI and foreign passports)

Foreign passport holders, including OCI cardholders, must file an e-Arrival card online within 72 hours before landing, on the Indian visa portal or the Su-Swagatam app. It gives you a QR code for immigration, and one form can cover up to five family members. If you are bringing parents or children on foreign passports, file for them too.

Indian passport holders and OCI cardholders can enrol in the government's Fast Track Immigration programme (FTI-TTP) and use e-gates at Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. Biometrics are taken at the airport or an FRRO office, and approval can take up to a month, so apply well before the trip.

BOM or NMI

Is your flight from T2 or Navi Mumbai?

Almost every international flight from the Mumbai area uses T2 (code BOM), including all long-haul flights to the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, Singapore and Australia. Navi Mumbai airport (code NMI) has one international route: Air India Express to Abu Dhabi, flying since 15 July 2026. If your ticket says NMI, book the Pune to Navi Mumbai Airport cab instead. It is a shorter drive, with fares from ₹2,500.

Night rides

A 1 AM pickup is a normal job for us

About half of T2's international flights are scheduled between 10 PM and 6 AM, and it shows in our bookings: about half of our T2 pickups happen between 10 PM and 6 AM. The driver's name, phone number and car number reach you on WhatsApp before pickup, and the fare is the same at any hour.

Our most common T2 pickup and drop areas are Baner, Hadapsar, Kharadi, Pimpri, Bavdhan, Kondhwa, Aundh, Balewadi and Kothrud, and we pick up anywhere in Pune. Two in three of our T2 trips run in an SUV or MPV, because international luggage needs the space.

Weekends are our busiest days at T2, at about 1.6 times a midweek day, so book early for a Saturday or Sunday flight. About half of our T2 trips are booked less than two days ahead, and same-day bookings work too when a car is free: call +91 90676 76369 to check.

Luggage

Luggage on long-haul flights: which car

Long-haul tickets often allow two large check-in bags each, so two people can easily carry four. Each arrivals page has the full seats-and-bags table.

• Innova Hycross, for families with bags. Our most premium car, with the most comfortable seating after a long flight. A six-seat hybrid: 2 check-in plus 2 cabin bags with all six seats in use, or 4 check-in plus 4 cabin bags for four passengers with the third row folded. Innova Hycross cab
• Kia Clavis EV. Our electric six-seater: 4 large check-in bags plus 4 cabin bags for four passengers with the third row folded. Kia Clavis EV cab
• Citroën ë-C3. Our cheapest car, electric, with 2 check-in plus 2 cabin bags: right for two travellers. Citroën ë-C3 cab

Fares

Fares (fixed, any hour)

• An Orbitmiles Pune to Mumbai Airport cab costs a fixed fare from ₹2,700 one way in the Citroën EC3, with 150 km included.
• The fare is all-in. The driver, the charging or fuel and the Expressway toll are included, there is no surge pricing, and there is nothing extra to confirm on a call.
• Orbitmiles' fixed ₹2,700 fare already includes the Mumbai–Pune Expressway toll: ₹320 one-way for a car, and ₹0 for our three electric cars, which are toll-exempt in Maharashtra. The hybrid Innova Hycross pays the toll, and that is inside its fare too.
• The first 30 minutes of waiting are free, counted from the scheduled pickup time.
• You pay after the ride, by UPI, card or cash. Nothing is charged in advance.
• Cancellation is free if you cancel more than 4 hours before pickup.
• For heavy luggage, book a six-seater. The Kia Clavis EV takes 4 large check-in bags plus 4 cabin bags with 4 passengers and the 3rd row folded, or 4 cabin bags only with all 6 seats in use. The Toyota Innova Hycross takes 4 large check-in bags plus 4 cabin bags with 4 passengers and the 3rd row folded, or 2 large check-in bags plus 2 cabin bags with all 6 seats in use.

Full fares by car are on the Pune to Mumbai Airport cab fare and Mumbai Airport to Pune cab fare pages.

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Other ways to Pune: connecting flight, bus, train

• Connecting flight. Mumbai and Pune are only about 150 km apart, so check whether a flight even runs on your date. A connection means collecting and re-checking your bags, possibly a move to another terminal, the domestic reporting time, and then a ride home from Pune airport at Lohegaon.
• Bus. MSRTC runs Shivneri buses between Mumbai and Pune, but they do not start at the terminal, so you first need a ride to a boarding point with your bags. Routes and timings are on the MSRTC website.
• Train. Trains to Pune leave from Mumbai's main railway stations, not the airport, so this also needs a ride across the city first. Timings are on Indian Railways.
• Cab. From T2 to your door in 2.5 to 3 hours, at a fixed ₹2,700 per car with the toll included, at any hour. Four people sharing the car pay about ₹675 each.

For one person with light bags on a daytime landing, the bus is cheaper. After a long-haul flight with family and check-in bags, the cab is usually the simpler choice.

Sources

Where these facts come from

• Reporting time and arrival flow: CSMIA departure guide and arrival guide.
• Flight times: the CSMIA departures and arrivals boards, 11 August to 19 October 2026. Toronto: Air India press release. Airline schedules change, so your ticket is the final word.
• e-Arrival card: Indian visa portal and news reports (Business Today, April 2026); kiosk diversion for passengers without one: travel guides (Wego, October 2026). FTI-TTP: Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Duty-free allowance: CBIC traveller guide (Baggage Rules, 2026).
• Navi Mumbai international route: news reports (Free Press Journal, Tribune, July 2026).
• Night pickups, busiest days, booking lead times, Pune areas and car types: our own bookings, March to October 2026.