Noida International Airport To Be Operational By End Of 2024, New Video Is Here

New Delhi: The construction of the Noida International Airport in Jewar is in full swing and the project is likely to be operational this year later.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Jewar Airport on 26 November 2021. The Airport is expected to be operational in 2024, which will be two years before IGI Airport would reach its threshold traffic handling capacity.

On the development work at Noida International Airport, Christoph Schnellmann, CEO, Noida International Airport said, “We have an opportunity today to showcase the development progress that we've made for Noida International Airport over the past 4.5 years... We expect to see an increase in flight operations over the next few weeks and months. We expect to see calibration flights for the instrument landing system take place in September. In October, we expect to see a number of validation flights for the approach and departure procedures later this year...The design that we've selected for the passenger terminal will incorporate heavily the rich architectural heritage of. We'll be using design elements that are prevalent in North India, in western UP...”

"The development works on the cargo terminal and multimodal cargo hub are in full swing as well. We're working in partnership with Air India SATS who have designed the facility, who are constructing the facility and who will operate the facility. There will be a capacity for well over 1 lakh tonnes of cargo when the facility opens and it's designed in a modular fashion to grow with the demand. We plan to submit our application for the aerodrome license this year..."

Noida admin pushes for timely completion of airport interchange

Last month, Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate Manish Kumar Verma reviewed the development of an interchange on the Yamuna Expressway leading to the upcoming Noida Airport and pushed for its timely completion.

The administrator emphasised that no leniency will be tolerated in the construction of the interchange for the airport in the Jewar area of the district in western Uttar Pradesh.

"The Jewar Airport is a significant project for both the state and the country. No leniency will be tolerated in its construction," Verma stated during an on-site inspection, according to an official statement.

After chairing the Samadhan Diwas in Jewar Tehsil, the DM conducted a review of the ongoing construction at Dayanatpur, a project executed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Jewar) Abhay Kumar Singh provided updates on the progress, and Verma stressed the importance of maintaining both the quality and the timeline of the project, the statement said.

With inputs from PTI