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Noida International Airport

Sector: Airport • Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Source: Financial Express

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Noida International Airport, India's first airport with 100% foreign ownership, led by Swiss CEO Christoph Schnellmann since 2020. The airport received its aerodrome licence from DGCA in March 2026 but commercial flight operations are delayed due to security clearance issues related to the CEO's nationality. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) denied security clearance to the Swiss CEO as

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The project “Noida International Airport” is an infrastructure initiative in the Airport sector, located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Financial Express.

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Noida International Airport, India's first airport with 100% foreign ownership, led by Swiss CEO Christoph Schnellmann since 2020. The airport received its aerodrome licence from DGCA in March 2026 but commercial flight operations are delayed due to security clearance issues related to the CEO's nationality. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) denied security clearance to the Swiss CEO as per a 2011 BCAS order requiring the CEO of any greenfield airport to be an Indian citizen, since the CEO also acts as the security coordinator handling sensitive national security matters. The airport operator is working with BCAS to get approval for the Aerodrome Security Programme and to comply with the CEO nationality rule before commencing commercial operations.

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