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New International Airport to Be Put Into Operation in Moscow
March 4, 2004
New International Airport to Be Put Into Operation in
Moscow
People's Daily, China
The Vnukovo new air terminal will be put into
operation by the middle of 2004 in Moscow. It is being
built on the site of the old airport with the same
name 30 kilometers to the southwest of Moscow, RIA
Novosti reports Wednesday.
The Vnukovo new air terminal will be put into
operation by the middle of 2004 in Moscow. It is being
built on the site of the old airport with the same
name 30 kilometers to the southwest of Moscow, RIA
Novosti reports Wednesday.
The building with an area of 24,000 square meters will
service up to 6 million passengers of international
flights. Upon its construction, reconstruction of the
existing air terminal the area of 180,000 sq m will
start.
The project costs about 500 million dollars. Another
120-130 million dollars will be spent on the airport's
modernization. The International Airport Vnukovo joint
stock company plans to extend the main landing strip
up to 3,800 meters and to build 24 planesides for
wide-body aircraft. A three-star hotel will be built
by the airport. A light rail line will link the
airport with Moscow City international business
center.
Vnukovo is the oldest of the four Moscow airports. It
was built 62 years ago. It underwent its last
reconstruction before the Olympic Games in Moscow in
1980.
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