LUCKNOW: UP will spread its wings to build five international airports when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar on November 25 (Thursday). airports – Highest in the country.
A few days back the Prime Minister inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport to put Eastern UP on the global tourism map.
The Yogi Adityanath government wants to expedite work on the Ayodhya International Airport even as the state gears up for assembly elections in the next few months.
Earlier, only Lucknow and Varanasi were classified as international airports in UP.
Chief Minister Yogi is scheduled to visit the inauguration ceremony site in Ruhi village on Tuesday and will hold a meeting to take stock of the preparations.
Touted as one of the major projects in the National Capital Region, Jewar Airport is envisaged to come up as a major civil aviation hub with four helipads and five runways. Built on an area of over 3,000 acres, the airport will be built and operated by Switzerland-based Zurich Airport International AG.
In the first phase, which is scheduled to be completed by 2024, the airport will have a capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year. The airport is also projected to ease air traffic congestion at IGI International Airport in Delhi.
Projected as India’s largest airport after its completion, NIA is located approximately 72 km from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri.
It will have multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), close to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway and will have links to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Ballabgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91, link to dedicated freight corridor, Metro extension from Noida to NIA and link with the proposed High Speed Rail (Delhi-Varanasi) at the airport terminal.
A state government spokesperson said the state has managed to establish “world-class connectivity” and infrastructure in less than five years.
“There were only two international airports in the state since 2012, when Varanasi got the distinction after Lucknow,” he said.
At present, there are eight operational airports in UP, while 13 airports and 7 airstrips are being developed. The operational airports that handle commercial flights in UP are Lucknow, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Hindon (Ghaziabad).
“This is also in line with the government’s commitment to ensure seamless multi-modal connectivity over land, railways, water and air,” he said. in the state.
A few days back the Prime Minister inaugurated the Kushinagar International Airport to put Eastern UP on the global tourism map.
The Yogi Adityanath government wants to expedite work on the Ayodhya International Airport even as the state gears up for assembly elections in the next few months.
Earlier, only Lucknow and Varanasi were classified as international airports in UP.
Chief Minister Yogi is scheduled to visit the inauguration ceremony site in Ruhi village on Tuesday and will hold a meeting to take stock of the preparations.
Touted as one of the major projects in the National Capital Region, Jewar Airport is envisaged to come up as a major civil aviation hub with four helipads and five runways. Built on an area of over 3,000 acres, the airport will be built and operated by Switzerland-based Zurich Airport International AG.
In the first phase, which is scheduled to be completed by 2024, the airport will have a capacity to handle 12 million passengers per year. The airport is also projected to ease air traffic congestion at IGI International Airport in Delhi.
Projected as India’s largest airport after its completion, NIA is located approximately 72 km from the existing IGI airport in New Delhi, 40 km from Noida and about 40 km from the multi-modal logistics hub at Dadri.
It will have multi-modal connectivity as it is close to the existing Yamuna Expressway (Greater Noida to Agra), close to the Eastern Peripheral Expressway and will have links to the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway Ballabgarh, Khurja-Jewar NH 91, link to dedicated freight corridor, Metro extension from Noida to NIA and link with the proposed High Speed Rail (Delhi-Varanasi) at the airport terminal.
A state government spokesperson said the state has managed to establish “world-class connectivity” and infrastructure in less than five years.
“There were only two international airports in the state since 2012, when Varanasi got the distinction after Lucknow,” he said.
At present, there are eight operational airports in UP, while 13 airports and 7 airstrips are being developed. The operational airports that handle commercial flights in UP are Lucknow, Varanasi, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Agra, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Hindon (Ghaziabad).
“This is also in line with the government’s commitment to ensure seamless multi-modal connectivity over land, railways, water and air,” he said. in the state.
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