Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to award the contract for construction and operation of the mega Noida International Greenfield Airport in Jewar, Greater Noida, to Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International (ZAI).
Earlier, ZAI had emerged as the highest bidder, offering a per-passenger fee of nearly Rs 401, beating three other contenders, including GMR Group-led Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), Adani Enterprises and Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings.
On December 2, the state project monitoring and implementation committee had recommended that ZAI be awarded the contract for the airport, which is slated to handle 12 million passengers a year once the first phase becomes operational by 2023.
