UP Will Soon Become A State With 21 Airports: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Uttar Pradesh has always been and will continue to be a priority in the development of India. It is the most favourable destination for investment. This was stated by the Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia at the UPGIS on Saturday. 

The union minister was addressing a session on 'Civil Aviation in Uttar Pradesh: The Emerging Opportunities' at Bhardwaj Hall. Addressing the investors of the civil aviation sector, Scindia described UP as “the most favourable destination for investment”. “The way the work has been done in UP in the last 6 years, it has surprised everyone. Be it road connectivity or civil aviation, UP has made a big leap in every field. The state, which earlier had only 2 airports, has 9 airports that are functional today while 10 new airports are being built. Apart from this, land survey work has started at 2 airports. In times to come, Uttar Pradesh is going to become a state with 21 airports in all,” he said. 

Scindia remarked that Uttar Pradesh has become the most preferred destination for investment in the civil aviation sector, pointing out that the country's airlines sector has been democratised under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking on the occasion, the state minister for industrial development Nand Gopal Nandi said that the field of civil aviation in Uttar Pradesh has immense possibilities. “In the coming times, there are going to be 21 airports in the state, out of which 16 will be domestic and 5 will be international. The dream of crores of people to fly in the sky has come true”, he said. 

In a video message to the investors at the session, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the biggest example of good governance in the last six years. “Following the Prime Minister's basic mantra of Reform, Perform and Transform, UP has today emerged as the leading state of the country in terms of ease of doing business. UP is also poised to become the second largest economy of the country. UP is ready to accelerate India's growth. Welcome to the new Uttar Pradesh of new India”, he said. 

The session also saw inking of three MoUs in the civil aviation sector. Additional Chief Secretary, Civil Aviation, SP Goyal, YIAPL Chairman Daniel Brichter, Air India Express CEO Alok Singh, former Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Vice President of European Investment Bank and Member of European Parliament Chris Peter, CAPA  India CEO Kapil Kaul, and Head of Operations Akasa Air Neelu Khatri also expressed their views at the session.