Tata Projects will construct Noida International Airport.

Tata Projects has been chosen by Yamuna International Airport (YIAPL) to handle the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of Noida International Airport (NIA).

The company was chosen from three qualified teams to build the airport’s terminal, runway, airside infrastructure, roadways, utilities, landside amenities, and other auxiliary buildings.

According to Christoph Schnellmann, CEO of YIAPL, “Our project has entered the next phase with the award of this EPC contract, which will see a rapid increase in the pace of building activities on site. We’re collaborating with Tata Projects to build a passenger terminal, runway, and other airport infrastructure capable of handling 12 million people per year by 2024.”

Noida International Airport will be the country’s first zero-emissions airport. The airport will be designed and built with green infrastructure needs in mind, such as IGBC certified buildings, rainwater harvesting, a zero liquid discharge sewage treatment plant, and a waste management facility, among others.

YIAPL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Airport International AG that was formed as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to build the greenfield Noida International Airport in Jewar.

Zurich Airport International AG won the bid to develop the airport in 2019 and has completed security clearance, the concession agreement, the selection of architects, the launch of the brand identity, the shareholder and state support agreements, approval of the masterplan and the development plan, financial close with SBI, the selection of a concessionaire to design, build, and operate a fuel farm, and the CNS-ATM services at the airport with AAI.

The concession period officially began on October 1, 2021. The corporation stated that with the completion of the EPC contract, the first phase of the airport will be completed within three years of the start of the concession period.