Haryana plans aviation hub, to meet potential investors next week

MUMBAI: The Haryana government plans to set up an integrated aviation hub in Hisar and aims to shortly call Indian and overseas investors to pump in money into the project.

Spread across 3,000 acres, project will entail a passenger airport, fixed-base operations (FBO), plane maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) facilities, cargo, defence manufacturing, aerospace manufacturing, an aviation training centre and university, and a commercial and residential aerotropolis.

The project advisor Frost & Sullivan and the Haryana government will host a pre-Expression of Interest (EOI) meeting on the planned project on March 10, said a statement from the consultant.

Hisar “has been selected for its proximity to a large consumption base, including the national capital of India – Delhi, and states including Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The National Capital Region Planning Board ( NCRPB) has also identified Hisar as a ‘counter-magnet area’ to absorb the migrant population from the NCR and serve as a sub-growth area,” said the consultant in the statement.

The Haryana government is inviting Indian and overseas companies—as a single entity or a consortium—to undertake the project on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis for a concession period of 30 years.