Noida Airport To Surpass Delhi's, Create 1 Lakh Jobs: Aviation Minister

Jyotiraditya Scindia said the airport at Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh will bring investments worth Rs 34,000 crore

It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's direction that Asia's biggest airport had to be built in Uttar Pradesh, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia noted today at the foundation-laying ceremony for the Noida International Airport, which he said will create one lakh job opportunities.

Mr Scindia said the airport, located in Jewar in Gautam Buddh Nagar district in western Uttar Pradesh, will bring investments worth Rs 34,000 crore and the first phase of the greenfield project is expected to be completed in 2024 with a capacity to handle 1.2 crore passengers annually.

"By the last phase of development, the Noida International Airport will even surpass Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport and become India's leading airport," Mr Scindia told the gathering.

He said earlier, there were only four airports in Uttar Pradesh but now, there are nine and this (Jewar) will be the 10th airport in the state, as he hit out at the previous non-BJP governments.