O. Vilkul was reported about pace of construction of new airport terminal in Odesa
The leadership of the Odesa
Regional State Administration, Odesa City Council and
the international airport "Odesa" reported vice
Prime Minister Olexandr Vilkul
about the pace of the construction of a new airport passenger terminal and a runway.
"Reconstruction
of the airport in Odesa within preparation for the
hosting European Basketball Championship will facilitate the development of the
city, improve the quality of passenger service and strengthen the logistics
capacity of the region. Odesa airport has become a
modern southern gateway of
In the framework of preparation
for Eurobasket 2015, the investor -
"International Airport Odessa" - to build a modern terminal and the
state to build a runway.
As of today, the construction
readiness of the terminal is 19%. The new terminal will serve passengers of
international and domestic flights. Due to the construction of new terminal the
airport capacity will be increased by 2.5 times from 1 million passengers to 2.5
million passengers per year. Estimated construction cost of the terminal is USD
84 million.
The next stage of the development
of the
The new runway will
increase safety and allow to
take more heavy types of aircrafts including Boeing -767.
According to the
results of the meeting Olexandr Vilkul
set a number of tasks. In particular, to ensure fulfillment of the measures
included in the plan of the airport reconstruction, He also instructed the
Ministry of Finance to submit to the Government an order of the involvement of
the credit in 2014 under the state guarantees for the construction of the
runway.