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May 14, 2019 (newstodate): Long under way, the new green-field international airport at Saratov, in southern Russia, is finally preparing for opening later in 2019.
The facilities of the new airport, now named Saratov Gagarin Airport, have been approved as meeting the requirements of the project documentation and technical regulations.
The approval of the facilities next form the basis for obtaining permission from Rosaviatsia for the commissioning of the new infrastructure.
Saratov Gagarin Airport, 50 km from the city, will replace the existing Saratov Tsentralny Airport now serving 340,000 passengers and handling about 1,000 tonnes of cargo.
Plans aim at establishing the new airport as a multimodal air transportation hub for both passenger and cargo operations at international standards with capability to serve any type of aircraft.
Equipped with a 3,000 m runway and a 23,000 sq m passenger terminal, the airport is designed to the annual capacity of handling 1.3 mio passengers and 4,000 tonnes of cargo.
Originally, plans called for completion of the first stage already in 2011, and full commissioning by 2014 - but the country's economic plights and the global recession forced a major delay in the process.
The facilities of the new airport, now named Saratov Gagarin Airport, have been approved as meeting the requirements of the project documentation and technical regulations.
The approval of the facilities next form the basis for obtaining permission from Rosaviatsia for the commissioning of the new infrastructure.
Saratov Gagarin Airport, 50 km from the city, will replace the existing Saratov Tsentralny Airport now serving 340,000 passengers and handling about 1,000 tonnes of cargo.
Plans aim at establishing the new airport as a multimodal air transportation hub for both passenger and cargo operations at international standards with capability to serve any type of aircraft.
Equipped with a 3,000 m runway and a 23,000 sq m passenger terminal, the airport is designed to the annual capacity of handling 1.3 mio passengers and 4,000 tonnes of cargo.
Originally, plans called for completion of the first stage already in 2011, and full commissioning by 2014 - but the country's economic plights and the global recession forced a major delay in the process.