Noida airport likely to start commercial flights after Diwali
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New Delhi: Commercial flight operations from the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar are expected to start after Diwali, offering travellers in the National Capital Region a festive season gift with improved air connectivity.
The airport will be inaugurated on October 30, while commercial flight operations are set to begin after Diwali, marking a big boost to air connectivity in the National Capital Region.
Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu recently confirmed that the airport would be formally inaugurated at the end of October, and flights would take off within 45 days of the ceremony.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also said that commercial operations will begin before the end of this year.
The Noida International Airport is being built in four phases. In the first phase, a single runway and a passenger terminal have been completed, with the capacity to handle 12 million passengers annually.
