Zurich Airport wins bid for Jewar airport
NEW DELHI : Switzerland’s Zurich Airport International AG on Friday emerged as the highest bidder for the proposed international airport at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, on the outskirts of Delhi, sparking hopes for the long-delayed project and the development of the area around it.
The first phase of the project is due to be operational by 2023, when it will handle 12 million passengers per year, said an official of Noida International Airport Ltd (NIAL).
Zurich Airport pipped the other three bidders—the GMR Group-led consortium comprising Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), besides Adani Enterprises Ltd and Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings Ltd by offering the highest bid, according to a NIAL official.
