Yamuna Authority appoints PwC to study expansion of Jewar airport

The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as consultant to study whether the upcoming Jewar airport in Greater Noida can have four or six runways.

The decision was taken in authority’s board meeting on Saturday.

Arun VirSingh, CEO of the authority told ET that PwC will study the financial implication of the expansion.

“They have been given four months time for the study. Currently, two runways are proposed, but we want to see the feasibility of 4 or 6 runways. No airport in the country has six runways,” Singh said.

Zurich Airports has won the contract to build and operate Jewar Airport in Greater Noida, which will act as the second airport for Delhi, for a period of 40 years that includes construction period of four years in the first phase.