The Uttar Pradesh Government has announced that the state will soon have more than 20 airports in operation, including five international airports. The Finance Minister of the State Suresh Khanna, in his speech, said, “During the tenure of the Yogi government, unprecedented work has been done in the field of civil aviation. Presently nine airports are functional in the state and air service is available for 80 destinations.” He said that the International airports are under construction in Jewar and Ayodhya and soon five international airports will become functional in the state. So far the construction work of four airports has been completed and the construction work of six airports Aligarh, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Shravasti, Chitrakoot and Sonbhadra is nearing completion. In the coming years, five international and 16 domestic airports in the state, in this way a total of 21 airports will become functional.