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NOIDA AIRPORT'S PASSENGER TERMINAL WORKCOMPLETED
EXTERIOR FINISHING WORK COMMENCES

interchange that will connect the airport
site to the Yamuna E'way. Additionally,
the government is making efforts to
provide independent road connectivity
from the east to segregate cargo and
industrial traffic from passenger traffic.
Plans for various modes of connectivity,
including trains, metros, and rapid rail,
are also being finalized by government
agencies. NIA has allocated a site near
the car parking area for a multi-modal
station that will facilitate train, metro, and
bus connectivity to the airport.

Contracts for food and beverage
services, retail outlets, and the airport
he structure of the upcoming emphasized the commitment to having
lounge will soon be awarded. TajSats, a
Noida Airport is progressing the airport operational before the end of
subsidiary of Taj Hotels, has entered into
Trapidly to meet the deadline of the next calendar year, although
an agreement to establish a flight kitchen
becoming operational in about a year. additional approval procedures for the
at the airport. Roseate Hotels and
According to Noida International Airport transportation of certain construction
Resorts have won bids to develop a hotel
(NIA) CEO Christoph Schnellmann, the materials are still pending.
in close proximity to the terminal.
final floor level of the passenger terminal
Schnellmann provided a detailed update Furthermore, the possibility of a transit
has been completed and façade work has
on the upcoming airport, revealing that hotel within the terminal will be
commenced, a TOI report stated. The air
the phase-I capacity will be able to considered in subsequent phases of
traffic control (ATC) tower has also
accommodate 12 million passengers development, primarily for international-
reached its full height of 38 meters, and
annually when it opens in December next to-international transfer passengers. Fuel
the runway is currently being paved.
year. The passenger terminal is currently tankering services will be provided by
These two components are expected to
undergoing the installation of structural IOC.
be ready by March 2024 and will be
steel, and the facade work has already
handed over to the Airports Authority of
begun. Other buildings, structures, and Schnellmann expressed excitement
India (AAI) for the installation of
utilities, such as water treatments and about the passenger terminal's design,
navigation, instrument landing systems,
electric facilities, are in advanced stages architecture, and streamlined processes.
and other equipment.
of completion.
The terminal will feature body scanners
Due to its classification as a critical
A dedicated workforce of approximately and 3D computed tomography X-ray
infrastructure project, construction at the
7,500-8,000 individuals is tirelessly (CTX) machines for cabin bag checks
airport is exempt from the graded
working day and night on the airport once it becomes operational. CTX
response action plan (GRAP)
construction. This week, the entire machines eliminate the need for
implemented to combat extreme pollution
management board of Zurich Airports will passengers to remove personal
levels in the NCR. This exemption
be visiting India to review the progress. electronic devices and liquids from their
ensures that construction activities
cabin bags, thereby reducing the chaos
remain unaffected, allowing the airport to
The National Highway Authority of India at security checkpoints during peak
stay on schedule. Schnellmann
(NHAI) is concurrently working on an departure times.

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