Overview

• The Civil Aviation Minister set the date for the Jewar facility, which will become the NCR’s second commercial airport after Delhi’s IGI.
• BCAS has granted airside security clearance, and the aerodrome licence from the DGCA is the next required step for commercial operations.
• Operational Readiness and Transition trials are underway as AAI commissions systems, with the 3,900‑metre runway and ATC tower complete and terminal finishing works in progress.
• Authorities expect initial connectivity to at least 10 domestic cities, including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata, with airlines such as IndiGo and Akasa in discussions and no final schedules announced.
• Phase one is designed for about 12 million passengers annually and is positioned as a passenger and strategic cargo hub under a PPP led by Zurich Airport’s YIAPL, scalable to roughly 70 million across later phases.