New bylaws will be written for aviation hub near Noida airport

NOIDA: The Noida International Airport will necessitate an extra chapter on buildings bylaws for
the development of the area around it, with specific rules on permissible height, design and
ground coverage.
The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), the administrator of the
region, will frame a new set of bylaws for the aviation hub, which is being developed over a span
of 6,200 hectares. The airport, whose first phase is coming up on about a fifth of this area, is
expected to be commissioned in October 2024.
The bylaws will only address commercial establishments because there is no residential
scheme within the aviation hub.
YEIDA CEO Arun Vir Singh said, “While construction of the airport moves forward, several
commercial projects, other than warehouses, hotels and logistics parks, have been planned in
the aviation hub surrounding the airport. So, it is necessary to have bylaws to regulate
coverage, height, floor-area ratio (FAR), architectural design and construction aspects. We will
issue NOCs based on these bylaws.”
Singh said bylaws of aviation hubs of airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad were
being studied to understand the best practices. “Hyderbad’s bylaws are the more recent and
progressive. We have learnt that it has formed a committee to approve projects and reduce
pendency. As there is a height restriction around the runway, highrise buildings cannot come up
here. To compensate for this, more ground coverage may be allowed. Likewise, parking spaces
will be more spacious here as compared to other areas,” the CEO added.
Singh met Christoph Schnellmann, CEO of Yamuna International Airport Private Limited
(YIAPL), the special purpose vehicle of concessionaire Zurich AG, and other senior officials on
Tuesday for a discussion on the bylaws.
Earlier, the aviation hub was proposed to be built on 5,000 hectares, but due to demand for
more industrial land and setting up MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities, logistics
hubs and hotels, YEIDA, in its master plan 2041, added another 1,200 hectares by merging
three proposed industrial sectors with the hub.
While the MRO, on 40 acres, will become operational by 2024 along with the launch of
commercial flights from the airport, the bigger MRO on 1,365 acres will only be built in the
airport’s second phase of expansion. The Bird Group’s flagship Roseate Hotels and Resorts
has, meanwhile, won the bidding to develop an airport hotel.