Forbes India
Sarthak Choudhury
09 Apr 2026
Land parcels around the newly inaugurated Noida airport present an opportunity to emulate what Dubai and South Korea have achieved. Experts say the surrounding ecosystem will determine its success
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the first phase of the Noida International Airport in Jewar in March amid much fanfare, all eyes are now on how the nearby regions grow. If remains to be seen if the airport—pegged to emerge as a possible global transit hub—can emulate global peers in Dubai and Korea.
Industry executives and experts are closely watching if Jewar is able to transform itself into a perfectly positioned hub for India, and emerge as a textbook example of an aerotropolis—which can be narrowly defined as a city planned around its airport. The ideal aerotropolis is an amalgamation of made-to-order office parks, convention hotels, cargo complexes and even factories, which in some cases line the runways...
