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Jan 25, 2013 (newstodate): The Russian airport Kazan International Airport, in Tatarstan, will complete the second stage of its ongoing redevelopment program by May 2013, on time for the 2013 University Games in Tatarstan.
The airport will have one 3,700m runway, replacing the existing 2,500m runway that will now be turned into the main taxiway as well as part of the apron area.
The infrastructure has been equipped with new lightning systems and aircraft parking stands, and a new passenger terminal has also been commissioned.
Already in 2008, Tatarstan's government approved the plan by Bulgarian company Chimimport that won the tender in June for modernization of Kazan International Airport.
The initial plan comprised two stages - the first stage till the end of 2010 would bring the airport's handling capacity to two million passengers, while the second, expiring by March 2013, would bring capacity to five million passengers.
The revised plan now comprises three stages.
In the first stage, the construction of a new terminal with an annual capacity of 1.2 million passengers, was completed by October 2011.
In the second stage, the existing terminal was demolished to give way to a new terminal bringing the total handling capacity to four mio passengers per year from 2013.
A third stage envisages the construction of yet another terminal as warranted by future growth in passenger volumes.
The airport will have one 3,700m runway, replacing the existing 2,500m runway that will now be turned into the main taxiway as well as part of the apron area.
The infrastructure has been equipped with new lightning systems and aircraft parking stands, and a new passenger terminal has also been commissioned.
Already in 2008, Tatarstan's government approved the plan by Bulgarian company Chimimport that won the tender in June for modernization of Kazan International Airport.
The initial plan comprised two stages - the first stage till the end of 2010 would bring the airport's handling capacity to two million passengers, while the second, expiring by March 2013, would bring capacity to five million passengers.
The revised plan now comprises three stages.
In the first stage, the construction of a new terminal with an annual capacity of 1.2 million passengers, was completed by October 2011.
In the second stage, the existing terminal was demolished to give way to a new terminal bringing the total handling capacity to four mio passengers per year from 2013.
A third stage envisages the construction of yet another terminal as warranted by future growth in passenger volumes.