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Issue 02 / 2019 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger Contents Focus on Central Asia ......................................................................................................... 1 Other Regions .................................................................................................................... 8 Green Airports ................................................................................................................... 9 Focus on Central Asia AZERBAIJAN A new airport is to be built in Shaki district in 2022-2023 after a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers. The construction is mentioned in the strategic plan of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC for 2018-2025. Recently, a new airport was built in the Gabala district and the airport in the Zagatala district was reconstructed. The largest airport in Azerbaijan is Baku’s ‘Heydar Aliyev International’ (GYD). In total, there are six passenger airports in the country - in Baku, Nakhchivan, Ganja, Lankaran, Gabala, and Zaqatala. All of them have international status. The Baku Airport terminal features giant wooden cocoons designed by Turkish architecture studio Autoban. The airport has been listed among the top three unusual airports in the world. In 2017 and 2018, it was named the best airport among those of Russia and CIS countries for its service level for the second year in a row and awarded the maximum rating of five stars in the Skytrax World Airport Awards. In 2018, the airport set a new record for passenger traffic handling a total of 4.43 million passengers (+9%). Nakhchivan Airport serves the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. Located 4 km from the city centre, it is the only air gate in this region. In 2002-2004, a new terminal was built, while in April 2004, it received the status of an international airport. Ganja International Airport was built in 2006 and in the same year received the status of an international airport. Lankaran is an international airport in the south-east of Azerbaijan. Reconstruction started in 2005 and was completed in 2008 when Lankaran received the status of an international airport. Zaqatala Airport is located at the southern foot of the Main Caucasus range. The latest reconstruction of its terminal and runway was completed in 2008, after which the airport received international status. Gabala is an international airport in the north-west of Azerbaijan. Construction started in January 2011 and on 17 November 2011, President Ilham Aliyev took part in the inauguration of the airport. In the same year, Gabala received the status of an international airport. KAZAKHSTAN Almaty International Airport (ALA) plans to spend USD 140.8 million in upcoming years to build a new terminal, reconstruct runways, and improve the food and beverage service, as the old facilities were built during the Soviet period. ALA is the largest airport in Kazakhstan and was built in 1935. It accounts for half of the passenger traffic and 68% of cargo traffic in the country. The airport’s existing Very Important Person (VIP) terminal is registered as a local monument and, therefore, cannot be demolished. As a result, airport authorities have had to consider other options for expansion. According to the airport’s Vice President, Alexander Gordeyev, these options will be approved by 2020. “There is a need for additional terminal areas, but there is also the issue of land use regulation. That is, there is a part of the land that does not belong to the airport, so this is being addressed at the State level,” the airport’s press service stated. “Overall, the first stage of the airport’s expansion by 40,000 m² will allow it to smoothly function over the next 20 years.” The airport’s terminal area Copyright © 2019 Momberger Airport Information by Air Trans Source Inc. Issue 02 / 2019 Page 1 of 10 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger has a capacity of 1,600 passengers per hour with a surface area of 24,000 m², which is deemed insufficient during the airport’s rush hours. The airport’s area where passengers access aircraft boarding after border control and inspection has also been deemed insufficient during flight waiting times. The airfield capacity is eight to ten flights per hour. To increase this capacity to 20 flights per hour, the airport plans to build two connecting runways and repair its existing runways. The new F&B facilities will increase food service capacity from 8,000 meals per day to 25,000 daily meals. “The estimated cost of the airport’s development includes the construction of a new terminal building at USD 10.94 million, a new catering department building at USD 9.57 million, Runway 1 modernization at USD 16.4 million, Runway 2 modernization at USD 21.87 million, and terminal expansion in the amount of at least USD 82.02 million. Fifteen regional aerodromes will become operational in Kazakhstan by 2020 under a programme to develop the country’s airfield network. Four of these will have paved runways and the remaining eleven unpaved strips. The list includes airfields that will serve the cities of Shardara, Beyneu, Ulken Naryn, and Zharkent. At present, 24 airfields are operational in Kazakhstan, of which 18 are major airports serving the large cities of Astana, Almaty, Aktau, Aktobe, Atyrau, Jeskazgan, Karaganda, Kokshetau, Kostanay, Kyzylorda, Oral, Oskemen, Pavlodar, Petropavl, Semey, Shymkent, Taldykorgan, and Taraz. A further four regional airports are located in Balkhash, Urzhar, Usharal, and Zaysan. Finally, there are two certified flight-testing airfields, Boroldai and Tengiz. Usharal Airport, some 590 km away from Almaty, was opened on 21 July 2018. Construction of its passenger terminal with a floor area of 784 m² had begun in 2016. The airfield’s 2,200-m runway was restored, and a new taxiway and apron for two aircraft was added. The airport serves scheduled flights to Astana and Taldykorgan operated by Zhetysu Avia, as well as charter flights. The Kazakh Minister for Culture and Sports, Arystanbek Mukhamediuly, says the airport will help attract tourist traffic to the local resort on Lake Alakol. “Construction of the terminal and airside reconstruction at Usharal were financed from the regional budget of Alaty Region; there were no allocations from the State budget,” reads the Investment Ministry’s report. A new international terminal will be built at Shymkent Airport, it was announced at a meeting of the management of the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and the akimat of South Kazakhstan Oblast. The memorandum of bilateral co-operation on the project was signed by Director General of the Airport Management Group, Claude Badan, and Deputy Governor of South Kazakhstan, Saparbek Tuyakbayev. The Airport Management Group is the management company of the six public airports of Kazakhstan. The concept for the new terminal was presented at the signing ceremony. The project will be implemented until 2030 in two phases. The first phase of construction will be completed in 2020. The total area of the terminal will be 34,000 m². It is the first time this type of airport development concept will be used in Kazakhstan. Freight and passenger terminals will be integrated with the railway, bus stations, and the transport-logistics centre that is now being built. The Airport Management Group has conducted an evaluation of the safety, security and infrastructure facilities of the airport. Specialists at the company developed recommendations to improve the situation and comply with international standards. In many European countries, multimodal transport hubs, including airports, are normal. Not far from the airport there are bus and train stations and even ports. At present, the Airport Management Group is developing feasibility studies and collecting preliminary data. The new terminal will be built on the north or south of the airport, where new bus and railway stations will also be located. At present, the capacity of Shymkent Airport is 200,000 passengers a year. According to preliminary calculations, this figure will increase to 2.5 million. -- Shymkent is now one of the leading industrial, economic and cultural centres of the country with a population of 1 million people. Copyright © 2019 Momberger Airport Information by Air Trans Source Inc. Issue 02 / 2019 Page 2 of 10 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger UZBEKISTAN Two independent joint-stock companies - Uzbekistan Airways and Uzbekistan Airports – are to be separately spun off from the country’s National Aviation Concern. President Shavkat Mirziyoev has ordered the total reorganization of the country’s national aviation conglomerate whereby Uzbekistan Airways (Uzbekiston Havo Yullari) and the state’s airports are to be legally separated and independently managed. The legal separation is aimed at reforming the country’s current out-dated aviation management model (i.e. the old Soviet model) – which combines state