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Why Switzerland is as desperate as Adityanath for Noida Airport to take off

For Zurich Airport AG, the contract is important because the future of Switzerland's most crucial airport (Zurich) hangs in the balance

Lucknow: Daniel Bircher, the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Airport International Asia meets Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on December 16, 2019. (ANI photo)
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Lucknow: Daniel Bircher, the Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Airport International Asia meets Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on December 16, 2019. (ANI photo)

Sai Manish New Delhi
There is little that Andreas Schmid, the Swiss-born chairman of Flughafen Zurich AG (Zurich Airport International AG), and Yogi Adityanath, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), could have in common. But Schmid, whose company is building the Noida airport in partnership with the UP government, finds himself on the same footing as the firebrand Hindutva leader who rules the state. Both hope the Rs 30,000-crore ($4 billion) project, hanging fire for 20 years, shows some progress when UP goes to the polls in 2022.

For Zurich Airport AG, the contract is important because the future of Switzerland’s most crucial airport

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