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The much-awaited Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar is set to miss its third deadline of May 15 set by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The new deadline for flight operations will be announced soon, UP Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh said on Wednesday. The proposed airport has already missed two deadlines -- September 29, 2024 and April 25, 2025. Singh on Wednesday held a high-level meeting with officials of the Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL), Tata Projects Limited and Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL). He conducted a field inspection of the terminal building and other under-construction facilities at the site of Noida airport, also known as Jewar airport. He stressed that this project is among the top priorities of the state government, and directed the officials to complete the remaining work soon. The chief secretary also directed the officials to ensure regular review of the airport project and said no compromise shou
The Jewar international airport is emerging as the largest airport in Asia and regular operations will start from April, Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said in Rajya Sabha. Responding to supplementaries during Question in the Rajya Sabha, he said the airlines are also excited to start operations from there and improve connectivity across the world. "Jewar airport is emerging as the country's and Asia's biggest airport. We have conducted the validation flight in December at the airport. "Everything is going according to timelines and very soon in the month of April we will see regular operations starting from Jewar-Noida international airport," the minister told the Upper House. He said all airlines including Air India and Indigo are very excited to improve connectivity from the Noida airport. "... The airport lies right next to Noida expressway and we will see connectivity of roads happening very soon," he said. Responding to other supplementaries, the minis
Jewar, a small town along Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, is emerging as one of the fastest-growing real estate micro-markets because of an upcoming international airport, leading to a 40 per cent appreciation in land prices in the last five years, according to Colliers. Land prices in Jewar township are likely to rise 50 per cent by 2030, real estate consultant Colliers India said in a report 'Infrastructure & Mega Projects - The Key Enablers of Urban Expansion in India' released on Monday. "Jewar is a small town located along Yamuna-Expressway. It is rapidly transforming into a prominent investment destination with a combination of strategic infrastructure, industrial expansion and robust government initiatives," the report said. The consultant noted that Jewar is emerging as one of the fastest-growing real estate micro-markets, driven by robust economic growth prospects fuelled by key infrastructure developments such as the Jewar Airport (Noida International Airport), metro