A second airport in the National Capital Region (NCR) will become a reality in the next five years as the Centre gave its nod to develop a “world class” international airport in Greater Noida’s Jewar region in Uttar Pradesh.
The clearance for the long-standing airport project was given by the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s Steering Committee, which met here on Friday. The Noida International Airport will be built to handle 30-50 million passengers per year over the next decade, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said here on Saturday.
The airport is aimed at easing the burden on Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport .
The new airport will be built in two phases, with the first phase expected to be operational “in five-six years,” Civil Aviation Secretary R.N. Choubey said. The first phase of the airport will see flight operations from one runway and one terminal with a potential to handle around 20-25 million passengers.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said the Noida International Airport will become “like an aerotropolis with an airport at the centre and a whole host of economic activities clustered around it.”
