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Jun 27, 2011 (newstodate): Russian airports have a long way to go before potentials for non-aviation revenues can be tapped.
The reason is that the infrastructure of most Russian airports is still dominated by the Soviet culture where issues of revenue took only second place after social and political considerations.
Thus St Petersburg's Pulkovo is today still seeing only some 17 percent of its revenues coming from non-aviation sources, and only after construction of the new Terminal 3 will it become possible to go for the intermediate target of 25 percent of revenues coming from non-aviation sources.
By comparison, the modern Moscow Domodedovo Airport sees 60 percent of its revenues from non-aviation sources, while 20 percent derive from aviation services and the remaining 20 percent from rent of airport land plots.
The reason is that the infrastructure of most Russian airports is still dominated by the Soviet culture where issues of revenue took only second place after social and political considerations.
Thus St Petersburg's Pulkovo is today still seeing only some 17 percent of its revenues coming from non-aviation sources, and only after construction of the new Terminal 3 will it become possible to go for the intermediate target of 25 percent of revenues coming from non-aviation sources.
By comparison, the modern Moscow Domodedovo Airport sees 60 percent of its revenues from non-aviation sources, while 20 percent derive from aviation services and the remaining 20 percent from rent of airport land plots.