Nandi, the Industrial Development Minister of Uttar Pradesh, said on July 5 that Noida’s foreign Airport(Jewar) will start handling domestic flights and cargo on September 15, 2025. It will then start handling foreign flights in November 2025.
The airport has changed its plan three times. The launch was supposed to happen in September 2024, but the dates kept moving back, first to April 2025 and then to June 2025. Officials say that these setbacks are mostly due to slower building progress after COVID.
Details and Milestones for Phase 1
Phase 1 has one runway and a hub and is meant to serve 12 million people every year. The project, which costs ₹10,056 crore out of a total of ₹29,650 crore, is said to be about 80% finished, with airside equipment getting close to 90% done. Supporting infrastructure is also being built quickly. This includes water and sewage systems, road interchanges off the Yamuna Motorway, and the ATC (Air Traffic Control) building.
Through Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL), Zurich Airport is managing the civil building work that is being done by Tata Projects Ltd. The money comes from a PPP deal with Flughafen Zürich for 40 years.
International Goals and Steps to Follow
Minister Nand Gopal Gupta stressed that the airport will be Asia’s and the world’s fourth-largest when it’s finished in November. This is a big step forward for the region.
But two important licenses are still missing: a security clearance from BCAS and an airport license from the DGCA. The officials made it clear that these approvals will come after the work is done later this year.
To keep the project on track, the state government fined concessionaire YIAPL 10 lakh rupees every month.
Effects on the economy and the area
With an area of 1,334 hectares, Noida International Airport will be the second-largest business airport in the NCR, after Delhi’s IGI. It will be finished in four stages by 2040, which will allow it to handle up to 70 million people each year.
Over ₹45,148 crore has been invested in healthcare, movies, fintech, semiconductors, and industrial parks as part of the project, which is a key part of a larger infrastructure plan. It is expected that these projects will create more than 132,000 jobs in the area.
Sustainability and connectivity
The Yamuna Motorway interchange, model roads to Delhi and Faridabad, and a planned metro partnership are all examples of improvements that will make it easier to get around. In the long run, RRTS links will make it easier to get to the airport, which is a necessary step given how far Jewar is from downtown NCR.
To sum up, the new schedule—cargo and domestic flights starting September 15, 2025, and foreign flights by November 2025—moves the long-awaited project forward and sets the stage for major regional growth. Following the rules and having strong connections are still important for its future success.
