Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the ‘Noida International Airport’ would be one of the best airports across the globe and assured that his government would leave no stone unturned to make it world class.
“This airport will become the pride of India. We will present it as a global brand on the world stage,” Yogi said after watching a presentation at his official residence in Lucknow on Thursday.
Its name, ‘Noida International Greenfield Airport, Jewar’, and its logo after UP’s state bird ‘Stork’ along with its design on the lines of London, Moscow and Milan airports, were also approved by Yogi.
The chief minister said that the setting up of Noida International Airport at Jewar would lead to development of industrial infrastructure in Uttar Pradesh and increase employment.
“This airport will not only encourage manufacturing and exports but air traffic will also pick up steam after it becomes operational,” he said.
Pointing out that the aviation sector was a medium of multi-faceted progress in the present time, Yogi hoped that the Noida International Airport would significantly help the state in tourism.
The initial capacity of the airport, proposed to be built in four phases, would be 12 million passengers per year and it would be expanded to 70 million passengers per year by 2050.
Besides, while it would be a two-runway airport initially, the number of runways would be expanded to five in due course of time.
Detailing the updated project status, Civil Aviation Director and Special Secretary Surendra Singh said that the Yamuna International Airport Pvt. presented a master plan before Noida International Airport Ltd for the construction and it had been submitted to the Civil Aviation Ministry.
At present, land for laying out two runways has been acquired, while 3,418 hectares of land is to be acquired for the remaining three runways.
Singh informed the chief minister that acquisition of 1,334 hectares of land for setting up the international airport was taken up by the district magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar and so far, 48.097 hectares of land had been acquired for rehabilitation and displacement.
