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Feb 22, 2013 (newstodate): Moscow's three international airports are close to saturation, and plans for construction of a new international airport to serve the Moscow region are maturing.
Together, the three airports Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo will be serving 120 mio passengers annually by 2025, reaching the ceiling of capacity.
A project was therefore launched after a tender expiring in December 2012, calling for the development of a master plan for a new international airport.
The tender was won by a consortium headed by the law firm Vegas Lex, together with Lufthansa Consulting and the infrastructure company InfraONE.
A first move is to select a suitable site for the new airport, and several proposals are now under consideration.
Plans are to construct an airport that will be able to pull half of the traffic away from the existing three Moscow airports, offering the capacity of handling up to 100 mio passengers per year.
The results of the consortium's work will be presented at a meeting on July 1, 2013, where First Vice Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will specify the directions for the development of the Moscow air Hub and its major airports - Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo.
Together, the three airports Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo will be serving 120 mio passengers annually by 2025, reaching the ceiling of capacity.
A project was therefore launched after a tender expiring in December 2012, calling for the development of a master plan for a new international airport.
The tender was won by a consortium headed by the law firm Vegas Lex, together with Lufthansa Consulting and the infrastructure company InfraONE.
A first move is to select a suitable site for the new airport, and several proposals are now under consideration.
Plans are to construct an airport that will be able to pull half of the traffic away from the existing three Moscow airports, offering the capacity of handling up to 100 mio passengers per year.
The results of the consortium's work will be presented at a meeting on July 1, 2013, where First Vice Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov will specify the directions for the development of the Moscow air Hub and its major airports - Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo.