Prime Minister Narendra Modi lay the foundation stone of Noida International Airport on 25th November, 2021. The foundation stone will be laid at Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh at 1 PM.
About the Noida International Airport at Jewar :
- The Noida International Airport will be the second international airport to come up in Delhi NCR.
- Jewar International Airport will help decongest the IGI Airport.
- Jewar International Airport is strategically located and will serve the people of cities, including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Aligarh, Agra, Faridabad and neighbouring areas.
- The development of the first phase of the airport is being done with a cost of over Rs 10,050 crore.
- The Jewar International Airport is spread over more than 1300 hectares of land, the completed first phase of the airport will have a capacity to serve around 1.2 crore passengers a year and work on it is scheduled to be completed by 2024.
- Jewar International Airport will be executed by the international bidder Zurich Airport International AG as concessionaire.
- The groundwork for the first phase regarding land acquisition and rehabilitation of the affected families has been completed.
- The Jewar International Airport will be the logistics gateway of northern India.
- Due to its scale and capacity, the airport will be a gamechanger for UP.
- Jewar International Airport will unleash the potential of UP to the world, and help establish the state on the global logistics map.
- For the first time, an airport in India has been conceptualised with an integrated multi modal cargo hub, with a focus on reducing the total cost and time for logistics.
- The dedicated cargo terminal will have a capacity of 20 lakh metric tonne, which will be expanded to 80 lakh metric tonne.
- The Jewar International Airport will develop a Ground Transportation Centre that will feature a multimodal transit hub, housing metro and high-speed rail stations, taxi, bus services and private parking.
- The new Jewar International Airport will also house a state-of-art MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhauling) Service.
- The design of the Jewar International Airport is focus on low operating costs and seamless and fast transfer processes for passengers.
- The airport is introducing a swing aircraft stand concept, providing flexibility for airlines to operate an aircraft for both domestic and international flights from the same contact stand, without having to re-position the aircraft.
- Jewar International Airport will be India’s first net zero emissions airport.
- Jewar International Airport has earmarked dedicated land to be developed as forest park using trees from the project site.
- NIA will preserve all native species and be nature positive throughout the development of the airport.
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