Work on Noida airport to begin in few weeks as per plan despite Covid: CEO

Airport will handle 12 mn passengers a year in phase-1, no pandemic-induced change in design, says Christoph Schnellmann

Preparatory works for the Noida International Airport will begin in the next few weeks, its chief executive officer Christoph Schnellmann said.

The airport will handle 12 million passengers a year in the first phase and despite the Covid-19 pandemic there is no change in its design and schedule, he added. The airport will be completed within three years of the start of construction.

The greenfield airport spread over 1334 hectares is being developed as a public partnership between the Uttar Pradesh government and Zurich Airport which outbid Adani Enterprises and GMR group to win the project.

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