Mukesh Ambani flies from Mumbai to Andhau Airfield amid refinery construction push

Mukesh Ambani flew from Mumbai to Andhau Airfield — a remote airstrip in Gujarat's Kutch district — on June 16, 2026, according to flight data for his Boeing 737 MAX 9 BBJ, VT-AKV. The aircraft, India's first MAX 9 BBJ, arrived at the airstrip at 12:20 UTC after a short hop from coordinates near the Indo-Bhutan border, following a pattern of recent movements through northeastern airspace.

The trip lands Mukesh Ambani in Kutch the same week his conglomerate Reliance Industries is pushing ahead with construction of a new world-scale petrochemical complex near the Adani–Wind power zone, per local infrastructure reports. The site, roughly a 90-minute drive from Andhau, is central to Reliance's strategy to integrate its Jamnagar refining capacity with downstream plastics and polyester production — a business line Mukesh Ambani has been strengthening amid global supply chain realignments.

Andhau Airfield has seen repeated visits from VT-AKV in recent days, with multiple flights logged on June 16 alone. The airstrip, originally a border facility, has become a practical gateway to Reliance's growing footprint in northern Gujarat — far from the usual pattern of Mumbai, Dubai, and Tokyo flights that defined late 2024, but consistent with the chairman's hands-on oversight of industrial expansion on home ground.