GREATER NOIDA: An aviation hub will also come up near the proposed Jewar airport
and a project report has already been submitted by Ernst & Young, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority said on Friday. The move is significant as the airport
is expected to start with an annual passenger handling capacity of 60 lakh when it opens by March 2023. The aviation hub will primarily cater to business and leisure travellers, officials said.
Arunveer Singh, CEO of YEIDA, told TOI, “The government is developing the Jewar
International Airport. So, we have decided to develop a city with proper eco-system in the airport’s neighbourhood. This will be a kind of aviation hub that will sync with the international airport. This will be based on clean and green energy. We are currently studying the report’s findings.”
Officials said Ernst & Young also conducted a study of the world’s leading airports, including Istanbul airport in Turkey and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands, and incorporated the findings in the project report. “This aviation hub will be a place where people would not need to take out their private vehicles to travel. We will develop a good public transport system which people will prefer to take. There will be proper entertainment and leisure facilities as well,” Singh said.
The report also mentions Singapore’s Changi Airport that has a butterfly garden on its campus and is widely appreciated by flyers to the Southeast Asian country. Some airports like Incheon International Airport in Korea is located on an island where people visit, stay a few days, and return. “While Jewar does not have a coastal area
, YEIDA is exploring other options to attract flyers,” the CEO said.
Some projects like golf course, leisure park, musical water fountain, skill development centres are also under consideration in this aviation hub. YEIDA will form an internal committee to further study this report and also seek expert opinion before implementation of the project, Singh added.
The government is likely to float a tender and hire a developer for the Jewar airport once the model code of conduct is lifted. The UP government has notified 1239.14 hectares in the six villages for land acquisition in the first phase. There are 8,971-project affected families whose either farming or residential land have come under this project.
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