UP government has decided to develop the proposed Jewar international airport in Noida as a full-fledged aviation hub. It will have at least four runways and facilities, including a flying and training institute, and cargo and aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) system.
The announcement was made on the second and concluding day of the Investors’ Summit on Thursday.
Director, UP civil aviation department, Surya Pal Gangwar said the plan to develop the Jewar airport as a state-of-the-art aviation hub was being worked out. “We hope to complete the planning and get other formalities completed soon,” he said in a session on ‘Civil aviation: emerging opportunities’ at the summit.
Jewar airport, perceived as one of the key projects to ease air traffic at IGI airport Delhi, will come up on 3,000 acres land on a public-private-partnership model.
The proposed facilities, experts say, would add to the commercial advantage of the airport and nearby region.
Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who was the key speaker in the session, said the Jewar airport has to be developed within six years. “Various studies have shown that the IGI airport will get fully congested by 2024. Therefore, Jewar airport project needs to be expedited. It is not only in the interest of Delhi but also UP and other states,” he said. Raju admitted that the project got delayed due to lack of coordination between the Centre and the UP government in the past.
23/02/18 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
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The announcement was made on the second and concluding day of the Investors’ Summit on Thursday.
Director, UP civil aviation department, Surya Pal Gangwar said the plan to develop the Jewar airport as a state-of-the-art aviation hub was being worked out. “We hope to complete the planning and get other formalities completed soon,” he said in a session on ‘Civil aviation: emerging opportunities’ at the summit.
Jewar airport, perceived as one of the key projects to ease air traffic at IGI airport Delhi, will come up on 3,000 acres land on a public-private-partnership model.
The proposed facilities, experts say, would add to the commercial advantage of the airport and nearby region.
Union aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who was the key speaker in the session, said the Jewar airport has to be developed within six years. “Various studies have shown that the IGI airport will get fully congested by 2024. Therefore, Jewar airport project needs to be expedited. It is not only in the interest of Delhi but also UP and other states,” he said. Raju admitted that the project got delayed due to lack of coordination between the Centre and the UP government in the past.
23/02/18 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
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