Mr. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, on the 25th of November, laid the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport at Jewar.
After conducting the bhoomi pujan Mr. Modi laid the foundation stone of Asia’s largest international airport in Uttar Pradesh. During the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Modi said, “Will serve as the logistics gateway for northern India.” He said, “Noida International Airport will be a great model from the point of view of connectivity. Passengers will be able to use taxis, metro, rail to access Yamuna Expressway, Noida, Greater Noida, UP, Delhi and Haryana.”
Mr. Modi also said, ” The airport will also have direct connectivity to the Delhi freight corridor. It will be a logistics gateway for northern India and an image of the National Gati Shakti Master Master Plan.”
It is to be noted, the first phase of development of Noida International Airport is expected to be completed by September 2024 when it will have one runway, one terminal building with a capacity to handle 1.2 crore passengers per annum. The airport will be developed in four phases till 2040 by when it will have the capacity to handle 7 crore passengers.
The airport will also have a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility for domestic and international carriers. “Today 85% of aircraft go foreign countries for maintenance on which Rs 15,000 crore is spent. A large chunk of this goes to foreign countries. This MRO facility will transform the city.”
With this, Uttar Pradesh will notably have five international airports.
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