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Uttar Pradesh extends deadline for Noida airport pact with Swiss major

The new airport will be designed, developed and operated under a 40-year concession period

GMR, Zurich Airport will be competing for same international traffic
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The flagship project will be developed under the aegis of the Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL)

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh government has extended the deadline for signing the concession pact with Swiss major Zurich Airport International (ZAI) to develop the greenfield Jewar international airport in Greater Noida due to the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on transnational air travel.

The state cabinet meeting, held virtually last evening, presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, took into account the prospective resumption of international flights between India, Malaysia and Switzerland, apart from the mandatory quarantine period for travellers.

Earlier, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) CEO had sought the extension of the deadline for signing the concession agreement considering the

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