The National Capital Region may have a second airport with the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday clearing a proposal in this regard to ease the burden on the Indira Gandhi International Airport, which handled over 40 million passengers last fiscal.
The proposal to develop a new airport, for which several sites are being explored, including Jewar in Noida, would now be sent to the Cabinet for approval, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said. “We have decided to develop a second airport in the NCR as we want to reduce both pollution and air traffic at the Delhi Airport,” Sharma said.
The proposed airport would cater both domestic and international traffic, he said adding, facility would also undertake cargo operations.