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Delhi Two New Airports |
This year could well see the commencement of operations of two new airports in the vicinity of India’s capital Delhi International Airport. These will be the Jewar Airport in Noida (85 km from Delhi Airport) and the Hisar Airport (165 km west of the Delhi Airport). The Hisar airport under the Haryana Airports Development Corporation Limited (HADC) has been in the news since it recently received a technical assistance grant from the US Trade and Development Agency. The grant would support the comprehensive redevelopment of the Hisar International Airport into an integrated aviation hub focused on cargo and logistics.  Enoh
T. Ebong, Director of USTDA, noted in a statement that the agency’s
collaboration with HADC exemplified USTDA’s support for expanding
India’s civil aviation sector. According to Ebong, the grant would
facilitate the redevelopment of Hisar Airport, bolster local supply chains,
and open avenues for U.S. companies to utilize their technology in the project.USTDA’s grant advances the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework’s supply chain pillar as well as the US-India Aviation Cooperation Program, a public-private partnership to support commercial, technical, and policy cooperation between the US and India's civil aviation sectors, according to the press statement. The Hisar airport (IATA: HSS, ICAO: VIHR) has been operational since 1967 and used for general and business aviation and pilot training. Located just over three hours by road from Delhi International Airport, local industries would be able to take advantage of air cargo services. The USTDA-funded technical assistance will help the airport's transformation into a cargo hub.  The
Chief Minister of Haryana (Hisar is in Delhi’s adjoining Haryana state)
Nayab Singh Saini, emphasized that the agreement between HADC and the USTDA
would seek “to take advantage of USTDA’s international expertise
to make Hisar into an integrated cargo complex. This will help India achieve
its aviation infrastructure growth targets”.
Former U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti
mentioned that the U.S. and India have worked together since 2007 “to
foster tremendous growth in the civil aviation sector” and the signing
of the MoU with the USTDA was the celebration of “the latest step
in building an even better aviation experience for our citizens, businesses,
and passengers throughout the world. Together, through partnerships like
these, the United States and India are laying the groundwork for the future
of civil aviation”.The airport spans over 7,000 acres and is being implemented in three phases. Phase 1 has already been completed. In Phase 2, a 10,000-foot runway, a terminal building with an annual capacity of 2.1 million passengers, and facilities for cargo and MRO services have been established, positioning the airport as a well-equipped aviation hub. The development of the airport will boost the government’s efforts to establish an integrated aviation hub. The second phase of the airport is nearing completion and the new terminal building is expected to be ready by January 2026. Even as the final touches to the airport are being completed, the state government wants to turn the state into a manufacturing and logistics hub. sectors. The Hisar aviation hub on 2,988 acres will be developed at an estimated grant of Rs 10.53 crore (one crore Indian Rupees equals roughly $133,514 dollars). The USTDA will be responsible for attracting financial investors under public-private partnership, integrating all aspects of the project at the airport, packaging individual projects for development and execution. It has set a deadline of two years for the completion of the project. Hisar Airport is scheduled to begin commercial operations in April 2025, according to reports. Discussions with airlines to start flights from Hisar has started and one airline has obtained the necessary licenses from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for airport operations. The central government in Delhi and the Haryana government have chalked out plans to start an Integrated Manufacturing Cluster on around 3000 hectares of land in Hisar. The move would not only turn Hisar into the biggest manufacturing cluster of Haryana but go a long way to boost air cargo – both domestic and international. The Haryana government has said that the Hisar Airport would be used to start cargo flights with perishables like fruits and vegetables to UAE and other Middle Eastern countries. Once operational, Hisar Airport will be upgraded to an international airport by 2030. There are plans to set up an MRO, an aerospace university, an aerospace and defense manufacturing industrial zone, logistics and food parks, over an area spread across 10,000 acres. Tirthankar Ghosh |
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