Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Noida International Airport located in Jewar, UP on Saturday, March 28. This airport is in Gautam Buddha Nagar district adjacent to Delhi. However, it may take up to 2 months i.e. 60 days for commercial flights to start from this airport. Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said that commercial flights from Noida International Airport will start in the next 45 to 60 days. The Union Minister said that work is currently underway on the security plans of the airport, after which the services will start once all the formalities are completed.
Why does it take so much time even after inauguration?
PM Modi has inaugurated Noida International Airport but it will take time to start commercial services from here. Actually, Noida International Airport is yet to get the final approval of Airport Security Program (ASP) from Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Until the airport gets this approval, airline companies cannot issue boarding passes to their passengers. Apart from this, airline companies have to make all the arrangements for their operations as per the fixed slots, from ground staff to shifts and all the work has to be done on the website and app for booking. After all these arrangements, trials are done at the airport, so that after the start of the service, services and passengers are not affected due to any major problem.
For which cities the services will start
Noida International Airport is expected to start services for big cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad first. After which services will also start for cities like Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Pune, Goa, Jaipur, Patna, Ranchi. Talking about booking, booking is expected to start about 4-6 weeks before the start of the first commercial flight from Noida International Airport.