NOIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT JEWAR

WHY IN THE NEWS?

• The Noida International Airport at Jewar is spread across an area of 5,000 acres and is being developed by Zurich International Airport AG at an estimated cost of Rs 29,560 crore
• The Swiss Airport company had won the bid in November 2019 following which a concessionaire agreement had been signed with the state government.
• The airport, which spans over a whopping 1,300 hectares of land in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, has been heralded as Asia’s largest airport.
• With Jewar airport, UP to become first Indian state to have 5 international airports