I wanted to view picture of majority eastern Europe airport.

If you have picture,post here.

Great idea for thread stefan1, I'll try to dig some stuff up,

I'll be posting stuff on few airports just give me a few,....

if you're not that lazy you can check them yourself by going through the aviation section in the world forum or just check the pages of the main EE page for airport threads

Sarajevo International Airport

http://www.sarajevo-airport.ba/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/AUG-42.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/AUG-03.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/elal.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/sjj1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/austrian320.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/sarajevoterminal.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/sjj4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/WW88.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/WW50.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/azur000/sjj3.jpg

Sarajevo International Airport
Međunarodni Aerodrom Sarajevo

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/125554.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/photo9.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/photo9a.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/sarairport9.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/sarairport3.jpg

http://www.eupm.org/FCKeditor/Images/Image/Photo%20Galery/SBS1.jpg

http://www.eupm.org/FCKeditor/Images/Image/Photo%20Galery/SBS2.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b290/skyscraper_BiH/sarairport1.jpg

^ o sorry spotless mind i didnt see uve posted some too =/

^^ I like your pics as well, the more the better! ;)

Cheers.

Nice photos.

Ljubljana Airport, Slovenia,
10 000sqm Terminal,
3400x45m Runway
Passengers: 1.22 million

A short video of future developments at the Ljubljana Airport...
http://www.lju-airport.si/eng/ASPDatoteka.asp?ID=159


Planning project
The expansion of the airport is planned on both the north and south sides, and the north side has precedence for expansion. The expansion of the airport on the north side encompasses:
1. Newly planned and expanded passenger terminal facilities, which will include the following features:
- A business centre;
- Facilities for business administration programmes with car parks;
- A hotel complex;
- Recreational and sports facilities;
- Areas and facilities for freight warehousing;
- Production and business facilities;
- Facilities for aircraft and airport maintenance activity; and
- Facilities for special purposes.
2. Rerouting of the KranjMengeš main road on the section adjacent to the airport further to the north, ensuring the necessary space for the development of airport activities and related commercial activities as well as improving access to the airport;
3. Arrangement of a new road system and car parks in the airport area;
4. Construction of power and municipal infrastructure in line with development needs.
On the south side of the airport there is room for:
1. An additional runway (if necessary), new taxiways and landing platforms in the future.
2. Facilities for freight warehousing, production and business facilities, aircraft maintenance facilities, facilities for business administration programmes with car parks, facilities for special purposes and arrangement of the road system.
New passenger terminal
One result of growing air traffic at Ljubljana Airport and Slovenia's entry into the European Union, which requires the separation of traffic into Schengen and non-Schengen (domestic and foreign), is the planned construction of a new airport terminal.
The current terminal will be renovated and linked to the new terminal by a connecting walkway that will include seven boarding bridges. The capacity of the new terminal will be 850 departing passengers per hour and 850 arriving passengers per hour. An IATA level C standard of services is envisaged to ensure the necessary quality for passenger arrivals and departures. The planning took into account both international and domestic regulations and standards for such facilities and equipment.
The new terminal will be expanded to 32,000 square meters, where 40 check-in counters will be set up, including some automatic ones. The complete separation of Schengen and non-Schengen traffic will be ensured, as well as the separation of arriving and departing passengers. Luggage will be thoroughly inspected and the installation of three luggage carousels is planned for luggage pick-up. There will be room in the terminal for airlines, travel agencies, restaurants and shops, and there are also plans for business lounges and additional services for passengers.


Future terminal
http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img895.JPG

Current terminal
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/130/brnikairportljubljana1iw.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img265.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img355.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img334.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img289.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img274.jpg

http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img256.jpg

New hangar
http://www.lju-airport.si/images/clanki/img301.jpg

^Mic what about Zagreb airport? :|

Dubrovnik Airport, Croatia,
2nd largest Airport in Croatia, Runway 3300x45m
Terminal 12 000sqm. planed expansion of terminal to 20 000sqm. and major reconstruction of the airport started in August, it is excepted to be complete in fist half of 2007... Construction of airport Hotel and additional commercial facilities is also envisaged with in next 3 years...
Airport is excepted to handle 1.2 million passengers, 25% increase on last year.


http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/4.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/platforma/12.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/platforma/8.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/platforma/11.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/platforma/9.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/platforma/1.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/zgrada/3.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/zgrada/4.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/zgrada/2.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/zgrada/10.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/oprema/2.jpg
http://www.airport-dubrovnik.hr/m/slike/galerija/oprema/1.jpg

^Mic what about Zagreb airport? :|

Zagreb Airport, Croatia
1.55 million passengers
Terminal: 15500sqm... max cappacity 2 million
Runway - 3.25x55m, Taxiway - 3.0x30m




Zagreb Airport is to build new terminal some 2.5 km away form present terminal... Airport has secured funds in excess of 165€ million for new terminal and adjoining roads and infrastructure, terminal it self will cost 125€ million, a new 4km runway is set to cost another 20€ million bringing project total to 185€ million...

Plan calls for new terminal which should be around 50-58 000sqm, terminal will also have 12-15 air bridges and planed capacity of 8 million passengers, although airport capacity is not excepted to exceed this figure before 2015...


Zagreb Airport New Terminal - proposal, actual design is more likely to look like airport in Munich...
http://195.29.226.238/uploads/imgs/200312/20031202122352plan.jpg

most likely location of new terminal and new runway, :D :D :D
http://img447.imageshack.us/img447/2849/plesomasterplan0zn.jpg

another alternative (Mate_Balota work)
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5224/ldza7lm.jpg



Current terminal...
http://img207.exs.cx/img207/8455/zagrebairportapproch9kr.jpg
http://img207.exs.cx/img207/4983/plesozagrebfromtheair5ag.jpg
http://img207.exs.cx/img207/5324/plesolineupca9qy.jpg
http://img207.exs.cx/img207/7294/plesofromafar0ua.jpg
http://img207.exs.cx/img207/5603/lineupmorningshoot1er.jpg
http://img160.exs.cx/img160/8585/zagrebairport49zw.jpg
http://img160.exs.cx/img160/7955/zagrebairport559sl.jpg
http://www.nacional.hr/repository/images/_variations/a/5/a5204e5ecd915a40d1440520b81b501d_blowup.jpg
http://lapin-bleu.net/pictures/20030902-Croatia/img_3399-large.jpg
http://www.photocroatia.com/GALLERY/photo/zagreb/normal/A_EYTON_ZAGREB_7.jpg

Zagreb new Air traffic Control

Thales has successfully completed the site acceptance tests for the Croatian Air Traffic Management system, which took place in Zagreb. CroATMS is the largest project undertaken by the country’s air navigation services provider, Croatia Control LtD (CCL).

The contract, awarded to Thales by Croatia Control Ltd in 2003, provides a fully integrated air traffic management system, Eurocat, to control the en-route, approach and tower air traffic. This programme is part of the modernisation plan for Croatian air navigation systems, which will increase air traffic efficiency and safety in this strategic hub between the Central European and Southeast European airspaces.

Drazen Ramljak, Director General of Croatia Control Ltd, declared during the ceremony: “Croatia is proud to be equipped with the latest state-of-the-art air traffic management technology in Europe. This large and complex project, strategic for the European airspace has been achieved on time and on budget thanks to the very strong co-operation and dedication of CCL and Thales teams.”

Thales’ Eurocat system is compliant with ICAO* and EUROCONTROL standards and recommendations for operational displays, radar networks connection and European Flight Plan Processing. The Eurocat system provides air traffic controllers with advanced controller tools to ensure safe and efficient operations in busy and complex airspace. The system incorporates the latest technologies of flight plan management, co-ordination and transfer, interactive man machine interface without any paper strips, supported with automated safety nets and conflict detection tools.

With its technological expertise and ability to deploy extensive and complex air traffic management systems, Thales significantly contributes to the harmonization of air traffic management in Europe.
http://www.airport-technology.com/contractor_images/thales/image2.jpg
http://www.airport-technology.com/contractor_images/thales/new1.jpg
http://www.airport-technology.com/contractor_images/thales/new2.jpg

Warsaw 'F. Chopin airport' (or 'Okecie airport') :


aerial :

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5435/airportoverviewnew1gu.jpg

Terminal 1 :

http://archiwum.warszawa.um.gov.pl/angielski/okecie.jpg
http://www-us.kbp.kiev.ua/.db/8582/w300/warsaw-airport.jpg
http://www.travelquality.com/flights/pictures/airports/WarsawWAW/warsaw002.jpg

Terminal 2 (under const. ) :

http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0325_-_pry_-_05%20seccion.jpg
http://www.lamela.com/DEPOT/fotos/0325_-_pry_-_01%20seccion%20fugada.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/terminal/projekt.jpg


http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9800/t220050923026bo.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1739/t220050923115xq.jpg
http://www.metalplast.pl/images.uni/lotnisko_m_d1.jpg
http://lotnictwo.net/pic/0506/0506290029.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7033/20050722328uv.jpg

http://img328.imageshack.us/img328/5127/wawt1t28tj.jpg


Terminal 1

Passengers: 3,5 mln (although in this moment it handles over 6mln)
(m3): 297 800
Inside (m2): 50 960
Number of check-in: 46
Number of gates: 12
Direct exits to planes: 8

Terminal 2

Passengers: minimum 6,5 mln
(m3): 787 558
Inside (m2): 94 082
Number of check-in: 60
Number of gates: 21
Direct exits to planes: 23/27

T1 + T2

Passengers: minimum 10 mln (probably even up to 15 mln)
(m3): 1 080 000
Inside (m2): 140 000
Number of check-in: 106
Number of gates: 21
Direct exits to planes: 23/27



Examples of airports that experienced the highest increase in passenger traffic per group, when comparing August 2005 with August 2004, include:

• Group 1 airports – Madrid (+7.8%), Munich (+6.4%), Paris Charles de Gaulle (+4.4%) and Amsterdam (+4.4%);

• Group 2 airports – Barcelona (+11.1%), Moscow Domodedovo (+10.7%), and Berlin (+6.6%);

• Group 3 airports – Budapest (+22.5%), Warsaw (+13.1%) and Prague (+11.2%);

• Group 4 airports – Bournemouth (+98.0%), Riga (+84.0%) and Rome Ciampino (+69.7%).

• Group 1 -major airports welcoming more than 25 million passengers per year;
• Group 2 - large airports welcoming between 10 and 25 million passengers per year;
• Group 3 -medium sized airports welcoming between 5 and 10 million passengers per year; and
• Group 4 - small airports welcoming less than 5 million passengers per year.



Nr of Passengers :

http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/statystyki/pasazerowie.gif

Belgrade international airport "Surcin"

http://www.airport-belgrade.co.yu/upload/images/galerije/eksterijer/velike/009.jpg
Is anybody know tehnical data for Belgrade airport(passaner,inside m2...)

Hey Mic but do you have maybe a close up view of the terminal building? on that one its really small..and do you have maybe a pic of the inside of the building? :D

sorry I don't, this are best ones I got, sorry :( :( :(

None of Croatian forumers ever travel, lol, so we are stuck with few off-angle photos of Zagreb Airport, the fact that Airport has no photo gallery only combusts the issue ...

Zagreb Airport has largest terminal in Croatia it is 15500sqm. about twice the size of Sarajevo Terminal I think, it is not very nice terminal quite boring inside, loads of adds and not much to look, if the inside of the terminal was used as a measure, Zagreb would be at the bottom of any list, lol...


Split Airport,
Terminal - 5500sqm, (new - 20 000sqm)
Runway - 3000x45m
Passengers: 1.0 million

Terminal at Split Airport is going to be enlarged to about 20000sqm... Works have started, should be complete by the end of 2007/8...



Split Airport

http://site.voila.fr/duhan/airports/IMG_3353.JPG
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_1.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_5.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_3.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_2.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_4.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_6.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_7.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_8.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_9.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_out/Velike/sl_10.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_2.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_3.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_4.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_7.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_8.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_9.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_10.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_12.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Putnicka_in/Velike/sl_16.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Vatrogasci/Velike/sl_1.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Vatrogasci/Velike/sl_8.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Vatrogasci/Velike/sl_9.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_1.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_2.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_3.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_4.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_6.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_7.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_10.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_11.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_13.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_14.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_15.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Stajanka/Velike/sl_16.jpg
http://www.split-airport.hr/album/Ostalo/Velike/sl_1.jpg

Passenger airports in Poland :

http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/porty/pol_porty.gif

Krakow - 'John Paul II airport' (or 'Balice')

http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/gal/terminal_pasazerski/007.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/gal/terminal_pasazerski/006.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/gal/terminal_pasazerski/009.jpg
http://www.essystem.pl/img/galeria/lot_krakow_1.jpg


Nr of passangers :

http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/_i/statystyki/09_05_pasazer_pl.gif

(this year it's already over 1 mln)

Gdansk - 'Lech Walesa airport'

http://www.zkmgdynia.pl/images/gal33.jpg
http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/zdjecia_norm/31%20sierpnia%202005%20001.jpg

http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/siteimages1/ruch_pasazer.jpg

Katowice

http://www.gtl.com.pl/galeria/3.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/galeria/10.jpg

http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/stat_calkowityruchpasazerski.gif

Poznan

http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/jpg/g5.jpg
http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/jpg/ma26.jpg
http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/jpg/g1.jpg
http://www.airport-poznan.com.pl/jpg/pax2.jpg

Nice airports in Poland:yes:
Whats the news about construction of more airports in other cities, or second airport, like the one for Warsaw?

Btw...the best airport from ex-Yugoslavia has yet to be posted;)

Mother Theresa Airport in Tirana:
http://www.fly-net.org/aeromedia/lb883.jpg

Authorities in Albania are working on re-establishing the country's domestic air transport network, as part of an overall strategy to encourage business and tourism. In the northeast town of Kukes, the construction of a domestic airport is under way, with 13.6m euros in funding from the United Arab Emirates. It is to be completed by June.
The Kukes airport will be used primarily for transportation of goods. But authorities are negotiating with several international companies on a possible concessionary agreement to build two airports in the south, in the seaside cities of Vlora and Saranda, to be used mainly for tourism.

http://www.balkantimes.com/cocoon/setimes/images/2005/02/22/ARDIphoto.jpg
PIctures from Prishtina Airport:
http://bachenstein.com/KathrEA_Travel_Service/Prishtina/Pristina-Airport02.JPG
http://naoki.smalltown.ne.jp/03essays/europe03/img/kosovo03_15.jpg
http://www.gehirneinzugszentrale.de/Airport_1_1.jpg
http://www.gehirneinzugszentrale.de/Airport_1_9.jpg

http://www.berlin-spotter.de/news/aug2004/airprishtina320_BEmmenegger.jpg

Notice how one runway starts right off of the hill? under that hill there is a secrete military base:
http://bachenstein.com/KathrEA_Travel_Service/Prishtina/Pristina-Airport02.JPG

Terminal 1 (it will be renovated soon)

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/006.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/012.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/004.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/011.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/499841.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/miljkovicn/569812.jpg

Terminal 2 (it’s renovated and it should be open soon)

http://www.aerodrom-beograd.co.yu/upload/images/IMG%200809.jpg

http://www.aerodrom-beograd.co.yu/upload/images/IMG%200811.jpg

http://www.aerodrom-beograd.co.yu/upload/images/IMG%200812.jpg

http://www.aerodrom-beograd.co.yu/upload/images/IMG%200829.jpg

Nice airports in Poland:yes:
Whats the news about construction of more airports in other cities, or second airport, like the one for Warsaw?

Btw...the best airport from ex-Yugoslavia has yet to be posted;)

Yes - we have now a real boom in Poland - nr of passangers in growing very very fast (mainly due to cheap airlines).

some examples :

Krakow

2005: 1.500.000 passangers (estimation)

next year const. of new terminal should start

Lodz - they are fininshing const. of the new terminal :

http://lodz.naszemiasto.pl/grafika2/nowy/cf/40_528269_1_d_6262.jpg

Katowice - Katowice airport has one of the fastest growth in Europe (the terminal will be enlarged soon) :

2003 : 257.000 passangers
2004: 622.000 passangers !!!
2005: after 9 months 861.000

Gdansk - enlargement plans :

http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/siteimages/inwestycje1etap.jpg
http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/siteimages/inwestycje2etap.jpg

2004: 466.000 passangers
2005: after 9 months over 480.000 passangers

Wroclaw

http://baks.nd.e-wro.pl/Wroclaw/terminal.jpg

there are planing to enlarge to airport- current terminal can handle up to 750.000 passangers.

2005 : 500.000 passangers (estimation)

Szczecin

http://www.airport.com.pl/galeria_ATR-42.jpg

const. of new small terminal (photos from winter 2005) :

http://www.airport.com.pl/budowa_zima3.jpg
http://www.airport.com.pl/budowa_zima5.jpg

2005: 140.000 passangers (estimation)

Bydgoszcz

the youngest passanger airport in Poland - built in 2004 :

http://www.plb.pl/

Rzeszow

next year they are planing to start the const. of the new terminal :

http://www.lotnisko-rzeszow.pl/images/terminal/thumb/rz_terminal_0002_th.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-rzeszow.pl/images/terminal/thumb/rz_terminal_0001_th.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-rzeszow.pl/images/terminal/thumb/rz_terminal_0004_th.jpg


Lublin, Bialystok, Kielce - this cities have plans to build their own airport.

Domodedovo Intl., Moscow
VIRTUAL TOUR (http://www.domodedovo.ru/en/main/virtual/pano.htm)

capacity:
2004 - 12,1mln
2005 - 13,3mln (forecast)


http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkoutside006_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/perron003_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/perron002_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/perron004_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/vokzal002_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/vokzal001_big.jpg

http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkinside001_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkinside002_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkinside007_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkinside011_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avkinside013_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avk25_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/avk5_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/trade001_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/trade004_big.jpg

http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/Scan031_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/el025_big.jpg
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/uploaded/fotobank/1/el027_big.jpg


expansion by 1015
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/news/2003/1612_2_big.jpg

expansion by 1015
http://www.domodedovo.ru/img/news/2003/1612_2_big.jpg

Did Russians invent the time machine?? :lol:
BTW the expansion is really nice :)

typo of course
1 - 2

Slovakia: two major airports: Bratislava and Košice.
Minor airports with international traffic are in Poprad, Piestany, and Sliac.
Bratislava this year should handle ca. 1,3 mil. passenegers. It´s a good number, when it is taken into consideration the fact, that nice proportion of the passengers from and to Slovakia flies through Vienna Schwechat airport. No. of passengers rises in the last years ca. 20-30%/year.

Bratislava - Milan Rastislav Štefánik Airport:

http://www.slovak-airports.net/img/planes/1024/453.jpg

http://www.slovak-airports.net/img/planes/1024/333.jpg

http://www.slovak-airports.net/img/planes/1024/71.jpg

http://www.slovak-airports.net/bts/bts_1.jpg

http://www.slovak-airports.net/bts/bts_4.jpg

http://www.slovak-airports.net/img/planes/1024/95.jpg

New control tower was finished in 2001, new terminal in 2002. Due to its expansion new runway and another terminal should be built, but also due to the protests of the neighbouring Ivanka pri Dunaji settlement, the start of the construction might be delayed after 2010.

Košice Barca airport
New terminal was opened in December 2004. This year no. of passengers should be between 400-500 thousnads:

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=544

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=520

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=522

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=523

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=526

http://www.airportkosice.sk/image/image_gallery?img_id=518

http://www.riga-airport.com/
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7194/0015ma.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8260/0029qe.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1056/0031vf.jpg

great stuff, great, Poznan 10+ excellent,

http://www.riga-airport.com/
C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\PICTURES 1\RIGA\RIX\001.JPG
you can't post pictures directly from your computer using file system names.

use photos hosting like http://imageshack.us/

Pula Airport, small costal airport in Croatia

Probably one of the least exciting airports in Europe,

Passengers - 250 000 (increase of about 35% on last year - still well below its 700 000 passengers in 1990), max capacity of the passenger terminal is 1.2 million passengers per year...


Terminal - 10500sqm.
Runway - 3000 x 45m, taxiway 2300x30m
Apron 62500sqm (580x107m) 10 aircraft positions (A320 or B737)...

http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/145.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/231.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/237.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/232.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/176.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/177.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/193.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/content_image/192.jpg
http://www.airport-pula.com/img/news_image/150.jpg

Welcome, @teraudz77! Visit Scandinavian&Baltic forum as well ;)

Riga airport by its managers is called "the cheapest airport in Europe" - I don't know if this is true though. But it does not affect its quality - in 2004 it was named as the best European airport in category 1-5 million passsengers (ACI Europe Best Airport Awards 2004).
In 2004 it served 1,05 mio people, in this year expected approximately 1,85 mio. Until 1st November it was used by 1,5 mio passengers, what is 87% increase over the last year. There are great plans for extension and turning the airport into international transit hub, exceeding the turnover of 10 mio passengers per year in 2015.

Still it is very small airport
http://www.arhis.lv/data/projects/sabiedriskas/lidosta%20zt/b1.500.jpg
This extension is built right now:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3813/rix34bc.jpg

There is on-going construction of large facilities for overhaul of airplanes, to be used by European airline companies. We expect that after several years of termination the work of Civil Aviation University will renew as well, there are designed their new facilities next to the airport.
There is on-going development of 90 ha Riga airport city - industrial and office area next to the airport - currently they build street network and several factories.
Picture from newspaper:
http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/6672/parskats0gi.jpg
Construction works of the new "city" - April this year:
http://img109.echo.cx/img109/7834/lidostajaunc17apr057wp.jpg

Current airport terminal:
http://www.arhis.lv/data/projects/sabiedriskas/05_lido/lidosta.500.300.outdoor1.jpg

http://www.arhis.lv/data/projects/sabiedriskas/05_lido/bilde7.500.350jpg.jpg

http://www.arhis.lv/data/projects/sabiedriskas/05_lido/lidosta.ieksh500.300a.jpg

Belgrade Airport 2012

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/3062plan-ab.jpg

Will include-

-New hotel
-Train service
-New cargo centre
-New runway
-New ATC Centre
-New terminal
-Another table in the coffee lounge
-More Tunisian mechanics

Polish airports increase the number of passsengers by 30 percent

14:06, 28 X 2005


Poland: Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) - In the first three quarters of 2005, Polish airports had 32 percent more passengers than in the same period of last year.

Krakow, Katowice and Gdansk remain Poland's fastest growing airports, Adam Borkowski, the spokesman of Civil Aviation Authorities ULC said.

In Krakow, the growth rate amounted to 109 percent. Katowice was the second in the ranking with 104 percent.

In Europe, the average growth amounted to 6.3 percent. However, this may be the last year of spectacular growths in Poland.

We estimate that growth dynamics will be lower than today but surely much higher than European average, Adam Borkowski added.

ULC estimates that in 15 years, 39m passengers will be checked in Polish airports. Today, the Warsaw airport has the biggest market share - 68 percent. In the first nine months of this year, it had 900,000 passengers more than in 2004. However, ULC forecasts that in 2020, the market share of the airport will fall to 40 percent.

http://www.pulsbiznesu.pl/content.aspx?sid=6938&guid=B4790D38-DAA8-4F93-AE2E-7E1265D71E77

ULC estimates that in 15 years, 39m passengers will be checked in Polish airports.

http://www.pulsbiznesu.pl/content.aspx?sid=6938&guid=B4790D38-DAA8-4F93-AE2E-7E1265D71E77

I'd say more likely 50-55 million, lol....

Okies, nobody wanted to do Prague Airport,
SO I'll do my best,


Terminal - 85000sqm. (split in to 3 piers with 32 sky bridges)
Runway - 3500 x 45m, taxiway 2300x30m
Runway - 3800x45m
Emergency runway - 3300x55m
Apron 365500sqm 50 aircraft positions (A320 or B737)...
Prague Airport is expected to handle 11 million passengers in 2005...

Airport just completed final stage of expansion on present terminal 1 which now has amazing 32 sky bridges and absolute capacity of 20 million passengers a year...


http://www.prg.aero/pic/plan_big/pardr_cz.gif
http://www.prg.aero/pic/srpen_2005_5/spojovaci_005.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/srpen_2005_6/spojovaci_006.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/cervenec_2005_11/spoj_11.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/cervenec_2005_4/spoj_4.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/zari_2005_39/komunikace39.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/srpen_2005_3/spojovaci_003.jpg
http://www.prg.aero/pic/prst1/prst1.jpg

OK Guys Just wanted to share with you few airports, I know I am sucker for photos... lol :) :) :)

I am using Google Earth which btw is brilliant program, you should all get it if you haven't got it by now, it is free... :)

Vienna Airport, (Nice small rather pathetic Airport)
Vienna Terminal 2 is final planning stages and land is already being cleared, current terminal has 19 sky bridges but can only host 15 planes at any time, large apron section east (445x930m) of the terminal has capacity for 25 medium sized aircraft...
2 Runways, 3550mx45m and 3725x55m both with full length taxiways...

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/8084/vienna10fw.jpg
http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4912/vienna23gk.jpg

Prague Airport,
Sorry but this photo is a bit old as it doesn't show new developments at Prague Airport... Prague Airport has 32 Sky Bridges and capacity of 20-25 million passengers per year...
Apron is 1140x370m...
Airport is served by 3 runways, Runway 1 -3200x45m, Runway 2 - 2300x40m, Runway 3 - 3700x55m

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/6817/praugeairport5sj.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/1861/praugeairport22pv.jpg

Bratislava Airport, (very small passenger terminal 70x100m)
New Passenger terminal is in planning stages, no specifics as of yet,
Apron is 840x120m
Runways 2, Runwa1 - 2900x45m, Runway 2 - 3200x45m

http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6947/bratislava13qx.jpg
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/6540/bratislava27xr.jpg

Zagreb Airport - (currently very small passenger terminal 195x55m)
New passenger terminal is in planning stages and construction should start sometimes in April 2006, terminal is set to have 15-16 Sky Bridges and capacity of 8 million passengers a year. Airport is also to get new Air Traffic Control Tower some 55m high, and new 12000sqm. Cargo Centre...
Apron 950x170m capacity 12 medium sized passenger aircraft.. Runway 3250x45m

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9553/zagreb12vj.jpg
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9421/zagrenb27rn.jpg


Budapest Airport,
New terminal is in plans to the north of current terminal...
Apron 1400x160m
2 Runways 3000c45m and 3800x55m

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/913/budapest10ks.jpg
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2927/budapest23nn.jpg

Belgrade Airport

Belgrade Airport just got new upgrades to its passenger terminal increasing number of sky-bridges from 11 to 14, as well as increasing capacity of the terminal to 9 million passengers airport also improved equipment at the terminal...
Apron 880x100m, able to hold maximum 14 medium sized aircrafts or 13 medium +1 wide body... Runway 3400x45m

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/3541/belgradeairport13om.jpg
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/800/belgrade23bz.jpg


I'll try to get few more airports as time goes on, can't get good satellite images of Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Dubrovnik, Split and Pula Airports, anyone can help in this departments with good quality satellite images would be more than welcomed...

Sofia Airport

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/7128/sofiaairport0wy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

How about The best airport in Eastern Europe: Athens 'Eleftherious Venizelos' Airport? Ill get some pics!

As long as they are satellite ones;)

Belgrade's future second civillian airport...makes current Belgrade airport look like a miniature.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6682/batajnicaairport1px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ Which one is that?

It's photochoped Batajnica.

It's photochoped Batajnica.
Oh Belgrade I thought it said Serbia. Thanks :)

Can anyone that lives in Belgrade go to the Belgrade Airport and take some pictures, the pictures that are always posted here are all the same. BTW nice airports posted here you can't tell anymore which are more modern East or West Europe airports.

Belgrade's future second civillian airport...makes current Belgrade airport look like a miniature.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6682/batajnicaairport1px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

If you mean "future" in 70 years than yes :yes:
It s not photoshoped, it will not be that soon a civilian airport b/c the current one will get second runaway and terminals and so go on..

How about The best airport in Eastern Europe: Athens 'Eleftherious Venizelos' Airport? Ill get some pics!

sorry, I forgot this one, can you plz.... sorry again, I wanted to Athens and Thessalonica but was already late I went to bed, thanks KM for Sofia, where is new Terminal though?

Phil, Dugleroff can you help guys, photos of new Sofia terminal... thanx...

the photos are old so the new terminal won't show for another 5 years on google earth. lol

It's photochoped Batajnica.

How do you arrive at the fact that its "photoshopped"?
No such photos on GoogleEarth, I would think.

And not in 70 years, Singi....10-20 years max.
I'm for the idea of turning the present Belgrade airport into a low-cost airline hub, while a complete new terminal is built from scratch at Batajnica military airport.

The military itself already has enough airports and we don't need this one so close to the city.

double post, sorry...

Belgrade's future second civillian airport...makes current Belgrade airport look like a miniature.

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/6682/batajnicaairport1px.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


KM, Batajnica won't be made in to civilian airport, it is used sometimes in case of emergencies as nearest airport is Nis some 200km to the south. Batajnica is main military airfield in Serbia and will remain so, I think last 2 Mig 29, 26 Mig 21, 22 G4 Gull, 14 Mil 8Hip, 2 Mil 24 Hind, 26 UTVA 75 and 1 AN26 are based there.. Most are grounded due to lack of fuel... Surcin is only airport in Belgrade and this is going to remain for very, very, very long time... :)

Batajnica is going to remain main military airfield in Serbia for very, very, very long time... lol... :) :) :)

KM, you are welcomed to disagree, but I'd advice you to call ppl at Batajnica and ask them... :)

What is the passenger load at Belgrade airport per year?

9. million with all new upgrades...

There are such facilities in this country, that make even Batajnica airport wits its two runways look small.
Its the main military airport at the moment, but doesn't really need to be;)

Belgrade has a third airport, currently used for sports & agricultural purposes and there are talks of developing it as well ...its called Lisciji Jarak and is on the other side of Danube river.

There are such facilities in this country, that make even Batajnica airport wits its two runways look small.
Its the main military airport at the moment, but doesn't really need to be;)

For example ? ;)


Belgrade has a third airport, currently used for sports & agricultural purposes and there are talks of developing it as well ...its called Lisciji Jarak and is on the other side of Danube river.

The talks of developing... Maybe in bars or at grill :laugh:

Anyway, i think it s good to follow a strategy of good and strong developement of Surcin. Another airports should keep its purpose as small sport or military airports.

Zadar Airport
Terminal 100x52m 5500sqm. capacity 500-750 000
Apron 72x225m, positions for 4 medium aircrafts (B737, A320) Only Civilian part...
2 Runways: Runway 1 - 2000x30m and Runway 2: 2500x45m...

Predicted annual traffic for 2005: 155 000 passengers, 5th largest in Croatia.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2765/zadarairport7xk.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7494/zadarairport26ko.jpg

Btw , when is Belgrade airport getting second runway?

KM, I just though thought it was photo chopped because the long one looks kinda fresh painted. Never knew Batajnca got two runways.

How many MiG-29's , Mike? "Last two"?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c226/Zivojin/MiG-29.jpg

And about a dozen An-26's.

I think our government should either buy/settle debt with Russia in terms of ~24-48 new MiG-29 SMTs for now, to fill the gap until economy is strong enough for purchase of something top notch, like the Su-35's or Rafales.

wow instead of two it's five.

Thats five more than Albania;)

everything with you has to trun into a racial argument. you're purely retarded and a bullshit nationalist. you don't know how to leave nationality out of an argument you slime and unworthy piece of shit.

at least Albanians were smart and not egotistic to sell whatever planes they had left.

How many MiG-29's , Mike? "Last two"?

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c226/Zivojin/MiG-29.jpg

And about a dozen An-26's.

I think our government should either buy/settle debt with Russia in terms of ~24-48 new MiG-29 SMTs for now, to fill the gap until economy is strong enough for purchase of something top notch, like the Su-35's or Rafales.

OK, KM, I should have been more specific, only 2 remaining AIRWORTHY Mig 29's remain stationed at Batajnica, the other 3 are used as spares, of 12 or so An 26 you where talking only one is airworthy... I hope in future you understand this as airworthy not what you got parked outside on tarmac, they are as useful in air combat as left-handed rhinoceros... lol :)

an old pic of Okecie airport - you can see an old terminal 1 and two runaways one is 2800m, second is 3690m http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/okecie.jpg

I know Delfin, I wanted to post it up, but got pissed off when I realised how old this pics are, Athens Airport is even older picture was probably taken before 2003.. One thought came to my mind, imagine if CIA had used this maps for there Iraqi WMD search, lol....

These holes at Batajnica wore made during 1999. NATO bombing,right?

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/1556/hjghkiu8if.jpg


P.S. This is the final look of the Zagreb airport.
57.000sqm,16 jetways,8mil passengers terminal,and a new parallel 05R/23L runway (it will be built somwhere around 2010.):
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/5224/ldza7lm.jpg

Belgrade has a third airport, currently used for sports & agricultural purposes and there are talks of developing it as well ...its called Lisciji Jarak and is on the other side of Danube river.

And fourth also - in Pancevo. For a couple years Pancevo will be the part of city of Belgrade.

In Pancevo?
I'm not aware of that one...hmmm...maybe UTVA Aircraft factory has a PSS?

Wow @delfin, those are some pretty crisp pics of Okecie airport. I wish we had the same quality for Boryspil (Kyiv) Airport :(

^^^ thanks but currently we have a terminal 2 U/C T1 + T2 will have 21 sky bridges :cheers:

delfinku, not 21, it will be 27 bridges, well, 24 but a few will have double bridges extending out, so that a 777 or a 747 may be hooked up to two or one bridge may be hooked up to two 737 or A320.

In Pancevo?
I'm not aware of that one...hmmm...maybe UTVA Aircraft factory has a PSS?

http://www.vazduhoplovnivodic.co.yu/eng/eng_letelista.htm#pancevo

Construction of this airport was a temporary solution for Belgrade till completion of the airport in Zemun. The airport, located near Pančevo, was opened for use in 1923. The airline FRANCKO-RUMEN started to use it on 25 March, 1923 on international (intercontinental) route PARIS – CARIGRAD (Istanbul) with SPAD aircraft.
Mail transport was established on 14 April, 1923. Since 9 September, 1923 Pančevo airport has been used for night flights too.
Use of the airport was difficult due to bad connections with Belgrade, as there was no bridge to Pancevo, and the Danube was crossed by a ferry. The airport was used for training of the students of Flight Academy of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1939 to the break out of the war.
After liberation, from 1945 Pančevo airport was used as military training field, and later on, for the base of helicopter S-51 squadron also, from Air Force transportation wing (1954-1966).
Instead of the old Pančevo airport, today there are workshops of UTVA aircraft factory, as well as grass strip used for trial, sports and proficiency flights.


Same text in serbian:
http://www.vazduhoplovnivodic.co.yu/sr/letelista.htm#pancevo

last week there was an opening of the new 38m control tower at Szczecin Internatiol Airport

http://tanielatanie.net/pliki_graficzne/aktual2005/11/wieza_1.jpg
http://tanielatanie.net/pliki_graficzne/aktual2005/11/wieza_5.jpg

Borispol Airport - Kyiv, Ukraine

I'm sorry I only have two good pictures.

http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5128/borispolairport5wx.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/576/airport6vd.jpg

It is a small airport, i don't like it, it has no room. For the city this size, to have such a small airport is very embarassing.

I add a sattelite photo. Not a very good one

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/549/google9nv.jpg

last week there was an opening of the new 38m control tower at Szczecin Internatiol Airport

http://tanielatanie.net/pliki_graficzne/aktual2005/11/wieza_1.jpg
http://tanielatanie.net/pliki_graficzne/aktual2005/11/wieza_5.jpg

very nice :) :okay: :cheers:

Niš Konstantin the Great Airport (INI), Serbia

Niš Airport has now become operational again after 10 years. In a total reconstruction carried out last year (2004) it is soon to become the “low cost airline hub of Eastern Europe”. This is said to happen when the “Open skies regime” comes into operation in 2006. Currently Jat Airways (Serbia’s national airline) and Montenegro Airlines offer flights Belgrade-Niš-Zurich | Podgorica-Niš-Zurich. Serbian cargo airline DI Air also operates flights from Niš to Skopje. Prince air one of Serbia’s air taxis also operates routes from the airport.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Didzaridoo/ha.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Didzaridoo/lalala.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Didzaridoo/da.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/Didzaridoo/nisaerodrom.jpg

More Kyiv Airport pictures

http://www.ukraineonline.net/images/Architecture/953991.jpg


http://www.ukraineonline.net/images/Architecture/953992.jpg
I'm guessing the terminal is on the left

I've found nice pic of an old T1 in Warsaw

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y165/pdworakowski/wawa.jpg an old T1 in Warsaw[/IMG]

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Ukrainian, very good picture you found :

http://www.ukraineonline.net/images/Architecture/953991.jpg

pretty rare too find such clear and good pictures of Boryspil's back view.

Thanks :D I tried.

Bydgoszcz (Poland)

by @Piczer :

http://images2.fotosik.pl/7/kklv6xxdobsj7c2y.jpg
http://images1.fotosik.pl/7/6oa6eldnvucxyvwf.jpg
http://images3.fotosik.pl/7/ngnwwjuk0vo5nh43.jpg
http://images2.fotosik.pl/7/ehwgkd1szes3annt.jpg
http://images1.fotosik.pl/7/t15gdaqr5b8wsf3i.jpg
http://images1.fotosik.pl/7/pnx4d7lsdqtha8gt.jpg
http://images1.fotosik.pl/7/xvb0sd6skzelee5p.jpg
http://images1.fotosik.pl/5/ac0w13kqwxen13vu.jpg
http://images3.fotosik.pl/5/lf3g1hg3us912n25.jpg

Wroclaw airport was named after Copernicus

http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl/img/top.jpg
http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl/img_news/2005-12-06_3.jpg
http://www.airport.wroclaw.pl/img_news/2005-12-06_5.jpg

Katowice airport - enlargment plans :

http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l3.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/l2.jpg
http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/popup_przyszly02.jpg

Warsaw - second terminal const update

http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_07.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_17.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_24.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_04.jpg
://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_05.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/popview/2005_12_13_19.jpg

by @cichus1 :

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/muszynianka/lot1.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/muszynianka/lot3.jpg

great update Docent, what about Krakow? Any News ?

Nice pictures and info everyone! I think Poland has the best airports in eastern Europe! (excluding Russia of course)

great update Docent, what about Krakow? Any News ?

Krakow airport will handle over 1,5 mln passangers this year (last year it was 841.000 - so there is almost 100% growth)

The airport will be enlarged soon :

http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/_i/inwest_01.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-balice.pl/_i/inwest_02.jpg

Lech Walesa (Gdańsk) airport - its totally crowded like most polish international airports, expantion starts in March



by Dziarskihank

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/dziarskihank/lotnisko/IMG_0418.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/dziarskihank/lotnisko/IMG_0419.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/dziarskihank/lotnisko/IMG_0421.jpg
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c395/dziarskihank/lotnisko/IMG_0424.jpg

http://www.gtl.com.pl/rys/popup_przyszly02.jpg

My God!

What is that airplane?

It looks like cross betwean B747 and Concorde!

:eek2:

nice, :okay:

New Zagreb International Terminal ....

It is now official, the plans have been released today on the all new international terminal terminal to be built in Zagreb ....

http://www.vecernji-list.hr/system/galleries/pics/060301/zag-1-txt.jpg

OK, to summarise in English, here is what will be happening at the new Zagreb International Airport .....

- Complete new terminal at Pleso on former airbase
- New terminal will be 65,000 sqm in size
- 11 airbridges
- Completion by 2011
- Cost: 212 million Euros

The new Zagreb International terminal has been designed by Ted Nasmith from Canadian architectural firm Scott Associates Architects.

Last year Pleso saw 1.6 million passengers, however it is expected that within 3 years Zagreb Airport will be processing 2 million passengers thereby making the old terminal obsolete as it is fast approaching its designed capacity.

The new terminal's design will include a retail component which includes stores, banks, cafes and restaurants.

Directly in front of the new terminal will be a new luxury hotel with direct skybridge links to the terminal (see image)

The old teminal built in 1962 which will be across the runway from the new structure will be closed once construction is finished. :)

More news in Croatian ....
http://www.vecernji-list.hr/newsroom/regions/zagreb/495413/index.do

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Master plan:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9253/dsc014514hg.jpg

Rendering:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7122/dsc014550ie.jpg

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9364/dsc014580qz.jpg

Sat. image:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/212/coptzty2offgjfj7mj.jpg

:cheers:

very nice. i love the design.

Warsaw - Terminal 2 - under const :

http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/2006/popview/2006_03_21_01.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/2006/popview/2006_03_21_02.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/2006/2006_03_21_05.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/2006/popview/2006_03_21_06.jpg
http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/images/dziennik/2006/popview/2006_03_21_08.jpg

very nice, any pics of terminal (birds eye view) >? latest ones ... ?

New Kyiv (Boryspil) Airport Complex:

http://i2.tinypic.com/ridt2e.jpg

Expansion of Vilnius International Airport
http://www.development.lt/uploads/images/dir19/5_1.php
http://www.development.lt/uploads/images/dir19/14_1.php
http://www.development.lt/uploads/images/dir19/16_1.php
http://www.development.lt/uploads/images/dir20/dir1/0_1.php

^^

very nice, impressive stuff :cheers:

what's the size of new terminal ?

Warsaw New Terminal birds eye view (renderings)
nice :okay:


http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/3031/t242sy.jpg
http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/3122/t239qn.jpg

Dubrovnik Airport announced plans for expansion, new terminal will have 4 PBB's (passenger boarding bridges, jetways, skybridges). The Terminal will be in region of 32-35000sqm and have designed capacity of 5.5 million passengers. Airport hopes to achieve 2.3 million passengers by 2010, considering in 2005 it handled only 1.1 million passengers. New terminal is set to open in early 2009. 14-18 months ahead of Zagreb new Terminal.

Current Airport has only recently got its new passenger terminal, after old terminal was destroyed during the 4 year war. Old terminal has been pulled down and new terminal is set to be construction in its place, the new look terminal once completed will be 172m long, 50m, wide have 4-5 floors and approximately 32000sqm. of space.
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9701/dubrovnikairport2ms.jpg

New look Terminal should also get new runway and Apron.

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1358/dubrocnik0vm.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9800/ad04dd.jpg
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5691/ad78gr.jpg
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http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8600/dubrovkinik26nc.jpg
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New Kyiv (Boryspil) Airport Complex:

http://i2.tinypic.com/ridt2e.jpg

wow, that is massive 60+ million passenger airport, this must be very costly venture, I think in region of 2.6€ billion a minimum, perhaps a lot more... Have you got current photos of Kiev's airport? What, is it 66-68 PBB's, naa, this is more than 4€ billion project..

Six new boarding bridges at Terminal North 2 of Prague Ruzyně airport (increase from 27 to 33 bridges altogether), construction should begin at the end of 2006.

new six bridges are those further from our view
http://www.nikodem.cz/foto/02401.jpg

backside of Terminal 2 without bridges nowadays
http://www.planes.cz/data/fotografie/60109_TEICVMAF.jpg

Terminal 2 is that one in the background with big roof
http://www.planes.cz/data/fotografie/50704_CUOIJAXA.jpg

wow, that is massive 60+ million passenger airport, this must be very costly venture, I think in region of 2.6€ billion a minimum, perhaps a lot more... Have you got current photos of Kiev's airport? What, is it 66-68 PBB's, naa, this is more than 4€ billion project..

Don't know the cost yet. I think it's a proposal maybe, but there's high authorities involved in this: ie. Ministry of Transportation, Economic; Airport Management.

This is the current look of the airport:

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/14.jpg

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/18.jpg

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/13.jpg

Inside:

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/23.jpg

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/22.jpg

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/17.jpg

http://kbp.kiev.ua/img/about-kbp/gallery/15.jpg

Terminals on the left:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7460/09539928qo.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/947/09539917on.jpg

Objectives of the project: to increase the capacities of Vilnius Airport through modernisation of its territory, image and passenger service system – expansion of the existing terminal, installation of separate border customs control corridors for the citizens of Schengen States, and creation of effective transportation linkages with the city’s centre and Kaunas Airport

Stage of construction: under construction, in the planning stage

Geographical location: to the centre of Vilnius City – 7 km; to IXB International Transport Corridor – 1 km; to Kaunas – 100 km

Investment environment: 12 airlines are carrying out regular flights. Passenger flow during 2005 – 1.28 mln. Growth in the flow of the passengers over the period of 2000 to 2005 – 146%. Planned annual capacity in 2008 – 3.5 mln.

Legal status of the property: State Enterprise Tarptautinis Vilniaus Oro Uostas

Infrastructure status: the territory of the airport contains a railway branch and a potential site for installation of a station and a juncture with Kaunas and the railway Rail Baltica. Plans are to invest € 59.5 mln. into the construction of a link of IXB International Transport Corridor – Vilnius Southern Bypass. A tramline between the airport and the railway and bus stations is also planned

Territorial use: infrastructure – 80%, commercial – 10%, industrial – 5%, recreational – 5%

Territorial area: 326.4 ha

Building potential: commercial and infrastructural structures – 110 ha. Industrial structures – 60 ha

Permitted height: from 2 to 3 floors

Investments: for the expansion of the terminal – € 29 mln. For the development of the territory – approx. € 232 mln.

Project developers: State Enterprise Tarptautinis Vilniaus Oro Uostas, Vilnius City Municipality

Project author: expansion of the terminal – CJSC Forma, architects L. Vaitys, R. Kucinskas, proposals of the territorial planning – Municipal
Enterprise Vilniaus Planas, architect A. Smaliukas

Planning period: for the expansion of the terminal – 2005. For other undertakings – 2006–2007

Construction period: expansion of the terminal – 2006–2007, others – starting in 2008

Tirana International Airport "Nene Tereza" is the most important hub of transportation in Albania and the country's only international airport. In 2005, it was used by close on 785,000 passengers, 22 percent more than in the previous year. Since the 1990s, the airport has been developing positively, with above-average growth in passenger numbers. Since April 23, 2005, operational responsibility for the management of the airport has been in the hands of the newly established airport company Tirana Airport Partners SHPK (TAP). This follows the conclusion of the privatization agreement in October 2004. Within the framework of a BOOT concession, TAP will run the airport for the next 20 years. It has set itself the twin goals of optimizing the operation of the new airport and making it into one of Albania's most modern infrastructure facilities. The aim is to provide passengers and airlines alike smooth, reliable, first-class service. The construction measures have already been started. May 6, 2005, saw the laying of the foundation stone for the new passenger terminal and the new access road. In just two years' time, Tirana International Airport will have an entirely new look. The architecturally striking terminal will be able to handle more than one million passengers a year. The new facilities will be functional and provide exemplary support for Tirana's urban planning transformation.

General Information:

ICAO Code: LATI IATA Code: TIA
Elevation: 125 ft AMSL
Reference Point Coordinates: 41° 24' 53N / 19° 43' 14E
Runway orientation: North/South 36/18
Runway length: 2750m

Key features of the investment and set deadlines:

New passenger terminal: Spring 2007

New air cargo center: Spring 2007

New access road: Autumn 2007, depending on progress of expropriation process

New bridge on the existing airport access road: Spring 2007

New perimeter road: Spring 2007

New water supply and sewerage treatment plant: Spring 2007

New parking lot: Spring 2007

New airfield works (taxiways and drainage works): Spring 2007

Conversion of the existing terminal into an office building: Autumn 2007

Construction of new ATC tower: Spring 2007
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Perspective of the projected airport system:

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/2867/rinasmasterplan19jv6wa.jpg

Map of the projected airport system:

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/7415/maprinas8bb.jpg

Tirana Airport Partners will also:

Build new concrete approns that will comply with BS EN ISO-9000.

Repair D2 taxiway which strength shall never be below PCNe60.

Will reconstruct txy E, in order that it can serve Code D airplanes (those with wingspan up to 52m).

Expand the runway and build new taxiways and approns to accomodate all Code D airplanes.

If Code E airplanes (wingspan 52,01m-65m) will serve the airport the runway and txys will be expanded width wise to accomodate them.

With the first 18 monts of the concession TAP will pave D2 taxiway in bitum.

Txy E will expand from 18m to 23m to accomodate Code E aricrafts.

The equipment building that will house unused euqipment of the airport will be 7m tall and 25x15 in dimmension and will be located close to the appron.

A road wide 3,5m along the perimeter of the airport for security cars.

The airport fence will have a height of 2,4m.

A CCTV camera system will be placed along the perimeter.

A 5lux lighting system will be placed along the perimeter.

Parking lot near the new terminal with a capacity of 500 vehicles. 50% of it will be covered.

New lighting system for txy C, D2 & W.

Existing Terminal

Dimensions: 100m(L) / 50m(W) / 5.5m(H)
Existing tower (part of the terminal): 25m (H)
Capacity: 250.000 passengers per year

http://www.hochtief-airport.com/airport_en/img/bildarchiv/tir4_preview.jpg

New Terminal

Dimensions: 130m (L) / 124m (W) / 12m (H)
Capacity: 1.000.000 passengers per year
Architect: Hin Tan

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/football9/tir2_preview.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/football9/tir3_preview.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y167/football9/tir4_preview.jpg

http://img81.echo.cx/img81/9513/fotorinas20wh.jpg

Arilines serving the airport:

Albanian Airlines
Albatros Airways
Belle Air
Ada Air
Austrian Airlines
Alitalia
JAT Airways
Hemus Air
Turkish Airlines
Malev
British Airways

^^swiss also serves tirana

Bucharest "Henri Coanda" Airport (LROP - OTP) ex "Otopeni"

last year 3.050.000 passengers (+ 14% on 2004)

2 parallel runways of 3500 x 60 m

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2108/otopeni9aa.jpg

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3236/myaviationnetphotoid002101454i.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/802/myaviationnetphotoid002101498d.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1102/09115478hn.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/736/05915534yr.jpg

http://www.otp-airport.ro/www/images/photos/_exterior%20mare.jpg

http://www.otp-airport.ro/www/images/photos/_expres%20mare.jpg

very nice :okay:

I happened to be at Gdańsk airport today, and I took those pics for you

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y92/hennepin/IMG_0878.jpg
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I always wanted to see Bucharest airport. Nice pix dude. I have many Romanian friends that love to drink "Palinca" and "Tvica".

new pics form Warsaw's airport

http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/katalog/terminal/pl/dziennik_2006_04_06.php#Terminal2

where is Sharm el Sheikh? I've never heard of it...

ej Delfin, are they going to do anything with Terminal 1 when they finish with Terminal 2? cause with that roof, it will look sort of odd and mismatched with the new terminal's look.

nice :okay:

where is Sharm el Sheikh? I've never heard of it...
In Egypt on the Red Sea coast, at the bottom of the Sinai Peninsula :)

this all airlines serving tirana airport ?

Here is the List of Airlines serving Kiev Boryspil Airport!(ukraine) :

Aerosvit Ukranian Airlines(serving europe&america&Asia)
Ukraine International AIrlines(europe)
Um Air(mediterian)
Aeroflot
Transaero
Sibir Aero
U-Tair
Samara Airlines
Pulkovo Airlines
Belavia
Air Moldova
ArmAvia
Georgian Airlines
Uzbekistan Airways
Azerbajan Airways
Turmenistan Airways
Air Astana
Turkish Airlines
Finnair
Lot Polish Airlines
Lufthansa
Czech Airlines
KLM Dutch Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Malev Hungarian Airlines
Airitalia
Air France
Blue Panorama
Air Malta
Cyprys Air
Egypt Air
El-Al
Emirates Airlines
Royal Jordan Airlines
British Airways
Tunis Airways
Libya Airways
Lithuanian AIrlines
Estonian Air
Air Baltic
Jet Yugoslavian Airlines
Delta Airlines (New-York-Kiev) and (Atlanta(USA)-Kiev(Ukraine) august 24)
Donbassaero
Lvivavia
Dnieproavia
Aeromost
Motor Sich
Lugansk Air
Ilchivets Air

construction of the new terminal in Wrocław will start in few weeks

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/7/3495/z3495327X.jpg

final capacity will be 7 mln pax, runaway will be 3000m long.
cost 500 mln złotych = 125mln Euro

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=9311738&postcount=125

construction of T2 in Katowice

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/bissinger83/1383.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/bissinger83/1384.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/bissinger83/1385.jpg

*** airport hotel U/C
http://www.gtl.com.pl/photo/nwsae29ff6361817436ce5a707a2875962d/HOTEL.jpg

and another render from Wrocław

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gesah/lot1.jpg


http://www.e.gazeta.wroc.pl/O24806_2006/07/20/2004wr-c.pdf
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/gesah/lot3.jpg

WOW Looks like Wroclaw is going to get a beautiful terminal. So the airports which currently being expanded (that is terminals) are :
Warsaw, Krakow, Katowice, Lodz.
Soon to join:Rzeszow, Gdansk, Wroclaw :)

OK this is what I was looking for :)

This will be right next to Sofia airport (SOF/LBSF)
Sofia Airport Center for EUR 250 Million
More images (http://www.sofiaairportcenter.com/gal.php?gal=3d&PHPSESSID=3dfc25fc699dcf4433973aefa4481ff4)

http://www.sofiaairportcenter.com/img/gal/3d01.jpg

Sofia Airport

A single 3600m runway

2 terminals: terminal1 (used by low-cost airlines) and the newer terminal 2

2.2 mln serviced passengers in 2006

http://www.pbase.com/ngruev/sofianewairport - construction gallery

http://sofia-airport.net/SCIMG_3005A.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/NuevaTerminalAeropuertodeSofia2.jpg/800px-NuevaTerminalAeropuertodeSofia2.jpg

http://k41.pbase.com/o4/17/104817/1/55161736.sP1229386.JPG

http://gat3way.fcdunav.com/pix/gallery/albums/spain/normal_IMG_0002.JPG

http://gat3way.fcdunav.com/pix/gallery/albums/spain/normal_IMG_0004.JPG


Destinations:


* Aegean Airlines (Athens)
* Aeroflot (Moscow-Sheremetyevo)
* Aerosvit Airlines (Kiev-Boryspil)
* Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
* Air Italy (Verona)
* Air Malta (Malta)
* Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
* Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
* Bulgaria Air (Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beirut, Berlin-Tegel, Bourgas, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, London-Gatwick, London-Heathrow, Madrid, Málaga, Manchester, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Varna, Vienna, Zürich)
* British Airways (London-Heathrow)
* Czech Airlines (Prague)
* Easyjet (London-Gatwick) (starts 6th November 2007)
* El Al (Tel Aviv)
* First Choice (Birmingham, Bristol)
* Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn)
* Hemus Air (Athens, Beirut, Berlin-Tegel, Bucharest-Otopeni, Bourgas, Cologne/Bonn, Dubai, Larnaca, London-Heathrow, Oslo, Paphos, Pristina, Tirana, Tripoli, Varna)
* LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
* Lufthansa (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich)
* Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
* Monarch (London Gatwick, Manchester)
* MyAir (Bari, Bologna, Milan-Orio, Rome-Ciampino, Venice)
* Olympic Airlines (Athens)
* Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
* SkyEurope (Vienna)
* TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni)
* Thomas Cook (London Gatwick, Manchester)
* Thomsonfly (London Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester)
* Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)
* Viaggio Air (Vienna)
* Wizz Air (Dortmund (starts 29th October 2007),Rome Ciampino, London-Luton)



Bourgas Airport

1 runway, 3200m

1.8 mln serviced passengers (2006)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Burgas_airport.jpg/800px-Burgas_airport.jpg

Airlines & destinations:

* Air Finland (Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Oulu, Pori)
* Air Via (Bodo, Berlin-Schönefeld, Cork, Erfurt, Paris, Lisbon, Leipzig, Hannover, Tromso)
* Airlines 400 (Moscow-Vnukovo)
* Atlant-Soyuz Airlines (Moscow-Vnukovo)
* Austrian (Vienna)
* Belair (Zürich)
* Belavia (Minsk)
* BH Air (Alta, Bodo, Varna, Sofia, Plovdiv, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, Cardiff, Nottingham East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow Prestwick, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Teeside, Billund, Copenhagen, Evenes, Lulea, Kristiansund, Norrkoping, Orebro, Borlange, Sundsvall, Tromsø, Tel Aviv, Umea, Visby)
* Bulgaria Air (Dublin, London-Gatwick, Sofia, St. Petersburg)
* Bulgarian Air Charter (Berlin-Schönefeld, Debrecen, Tatry)
* Condor Airlines (Berlin-Schönefeld, Bremen, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Leipzig/Halle, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
* Centralwings (Warsaw)
* EL AL (Tel Aviv)
* First Choice Airways (London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle)
* Finnair (Helsinki, Kuopio, Tampere, Oulu, Vaasa)
* Flightline (Dublin)
* Futura Gael (Cork)
* Germanwings (Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn)
* Hamburg International (Saarbrücken)
* Hemus Air (Gothenburg-Landvetter, Chisinau, Debrecen, Karlstad, Ostersund, Tel Aviv, Wroclaw, Vaxjo)
* Iberworld (Shannon)
* Iceland Express (Keflavík)
* Jetairfly (Brussels)
* Kavminvodyavia (Moscow)
* Lauda Air (Innsbruck, Vienna)
* LTU International (Berlin-Schönefeld, Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt)
* Luxair (Luxembourg)
* Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest, Cork, Dublin)
* Monarch Airlines (London Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester)
* MyTravel Airways (Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, London Gatwick, Manchester)
* Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
* Novair (Gothenburg, Oslo, Stockholm-Arlanda)
* Rossiya (St. Petersburg)
* S7 Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo, Novosibirsk)
* SAS (Alborg, Bergen, Billund, Copenhagen, Malmo, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)
* Smart Wings (Prague)
* Sterling Airlines (Billund, Copenhagen)
* Thomsonfly (Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Doncaster, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester, Newcastle)
* Thomas Cook Airlines (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle)
* transavia.com (Amsterdam)
* Transaero (Moscow-Domodedovo)
* TUIfly Nordic (Goteborg, Luleå, Oslo, Stockholm)
* Ural Airlines (Yekaterinburg)
* VIM Airlines (Moscow-Domodedovo)
* Wizz Air (Budapest, Katowice, London-Luton, Warsaw)
* XL Airways (Cork, Dublin, Knock, London Gatwick, Manchester)


Varna Airport

Single runway, 2500m

1.6mln serviced passengers (2006)

Airlines:

* Air Via
* AeroSvit
* Atlant-Soyuz
* Austrian Airlines
* Balkan Holidays Airlines
* British Airways
* Bulgaria Air
* Bulgarian Air Charter
* Centralwings
* Condor
* Continental Airways
* East Line Airlines
* EirJet
* Finnair
* First Choice Airways
* Hemus Air
* LTU
* Luxair
* MALEV Hungarian Airlines
* MyTravel Airways
* Norwegian
* Novair
* Pulkovo
* S7 Airlines
* SkyEurope
* South Airlines
* Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium
* Thomas Cook Airlines UK
* Transavia Airlines
* Jetairfly

Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza

http://i12.tinypic.com/4xwawch.jpg

ICAO Cat I
Runway 2750 m by 45 m (should be lengthened to 3200m by end of year)

Passengers in 2006 - 906,103
Aircraft Movements in 2006 - 15,850

Passenger numbers in 2007 (January - June) are up 22% for the first 6 months, 452,990
Cargo Volume +37%
Air Traffic +8%

Airlines and destinations

* Adria Airways (Ljubljana)
* Albanian Airlines (Athens, Bari, Bologna, Brussels, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, London-Stansted, Milan-Malpensa, Priština, Rimini, Rome-Fiumicino, Turin)
* Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino)
* Alpi Eagles (Venice)
* ATA Airlines (New York-JFK) [charter; ends August 27]
* Austrian Airlines
o Austrian Arrows operated by Tyrolean Airways (Vienna)
* Belle Air (Ancona, Athens, Bologna-Forli, Florence, Genoa, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Milan-Malpensa, Milan-Orio, Naples, Parma, Perugia, Pescara, Pisa, Rome-Fiumicino, Trieste, Venice-Treviso, Verona)
* British Airways (London-Gatwick)
* Germanwings (Cologne/Bonn)
* Hemus Air (Sofia)
* Jat Airways (Belgrade)
* Lufthansa
o operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Munich)
* Malév Hungarian Airlines (Budapest)
* MyAir (Bari)
* Olympic Airlines (Athens)
* Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

Future Expansion. The second and middle phase of expansion has begun, to be finished in 2009. i doubt they will allow the airport to stagnate until 2025. even though this is planned for 2025 it's not hard to believe it happening before 2015.

These are renders of TIA Master Plan including all development stages up to 2025:

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4184/airporttiamaster05zz4.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8466/airporttiamaster04oe8.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3890/airporttiamaster03ww0.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/6843/airporttiamaster02lh3.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3096/airporttiamaster01sq6.jpg

Major changes include:

A terminal built up area upgrade to 31.413 sqm from the current 10.000 sqm built up area of the new terminal.

13.065 sqm built up area for offices.

32.614 sqm multilevel car parking area.

28.000 hanger built up area.

Source: Hin Tan Associates (www.hintan.com) .

ATA's dc-10 at rinas. also two videos of the plane taking off from JFK and landing at Rinas

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Minsk (2) International Airport

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Passengers 2006: <500,000
Has capacity for: 5 million

Airlines and Destinations:

airBaltic (Riga)
Alitalia (Milan-Malpensa)
Armavia (Yerevan)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
Azerbaijan Airlines (Baku)
Belavia (Astana, Baku, Berlin-Schönefeld, Frankfurt, Hanover, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kaliningrad, Karaganda, Kiev-Boryspil, Kostanai, Kursk, Larnaca, London-Gatwick, Moscow-Domodedovo, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Pavlodar, Prague, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino, St. Petersburg, Simferopol, Shannon, Sochi, Tbilisi, Tel Aviv, Warsaw, Yerevan)[2]
Czech Airlines (Prague)
El Al (Tel Aviv)
Georgian Airways (Tbilisi)
LOT Polish Airlines (Warsaw)
Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Ataturk)

Chisinau International Airport

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Passenger Data:

1996 250.800
1997 283.000
1998 265.900
1999 233.300
2000 167.708
2001 274.387
2002 294.621
2003 341.585
2004 421.011
2005 482.741
2006 548.300
1-6/2007 295.300

Airlines/Flights:

airBaltic (Vilnius) (starts 1st September 2007)
Air Moldova (Athens, Bucharest-Otopeni, Frankfurt, Istanbul-Atatürk, Larnaca, Lisbon, London-Stansted, Moscow-Domodedovo, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Rome-Fiumicino, Vienna)
Belavia (Minsk) (starts 29 September 2007)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
Meridiana (Verona)
Moldavian Airlines (Budapest, Timişoara)
Tandem Aero (Kiev-Borispol, Tel Aviv)
TAROM (Bucharest-Otopeni)
Turkish Airlines (Istanbul-Atatürk)

Bucharest Henri-Coanda (Otopeni)

No. passengers
2002 1.100.000
2003 1.900.000
2004 2.600.000
2005 3.000.000
2006 3.500.000
2007 4.500.000


International Arrivals Terminal
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Duty Free (Departures Terminal)
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Bucharest Aurel-Vlaicu (Baneasa)
No. passengers
2002 30.000
2003 170.000
2004 210.000
2005 385.000
2006 700.000
2007 1.000.000



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New departure terminal in Baneasa Airport by year end

published in issue 3968 page 7 at 2007-07-05

BUCHAREST – “Aurel Vlaicu” International Airport in Baneasa will build a new departures terminal, in view of increasing the transit capacity to two million passengers a year, as against approx. 700,000 at present, general manager of the airport Stefan Mladin told Rompres Wednesday. “The current departure terminal will be used for arrivals, and we will build a modern departure terminal. We have already received the green light from Minister of Transport Ludovic Orban in this respect, and the general shareholders’ assembly is to decide on the amount that we will need,” Mladin explained. The airport planned the construction of a new glass-structure departures terminal, as an extension of the current arrivals terminal. Construction works may be launched at the end of this month, to conclude in December. The extension is necessary in order to increase the airport capacity from 700,000 passengers to two million passengers by the end of the year, as transit is expected to exceed the airport capacity this year. Before the airport was closed down on May 11, operating on Baneasa were low-cost air carriers such as Blue Air, MyAir, Alpi eagles, Wizz Air, SkyEurope and Germanwings. Flights from the Baneasa Airport will be resumed on August 2, when construction works will complete. Other low-cost operators may enter the domestic market, such as Ryanair.

The number of passengers through Varna Airport surpassed 1 million year to date according to Fraport of Frankfurt, the company which manages the airport.

Над 1 милион пътници посрещна до момента летище Варна

20.08.2007 18:18

Над един млн. пътници е обслужило от началото на годината до момента летище Варна, съобщиха от оператора Фрапорт.

Сред първите десет по относителен дял обслужени пътници на летище Варна са пътуващите от Германия, Русия, Великобритания, Франция, Дания, Австрия и Норвегия.

Най-съществен ръст бележат пътниците от Естония – 390%. Увеличението при пътуващите от Словакия е 30,8%, Унгария – 25,2%, Франция – 23,2%, Белгия – 20,6%, Полша – 18,5%, Русия – 10,4 %. Увеличение бележат и пътниците от арабските държави.

Новите дестинации през това лято на летище Варна са по различни направления в Русия (Перм и Тюмен), Великобритания (Донкастър и Шефилд), Франция (Дювил, Хавър, Сент Бриук), Полша (Познан), Украйна (Одеса).

Над 70 са авиокомпаниите, които изпълняват своите програми по чартърни и редовни линии от летище Варна, сред които повече от десет са нови клиенти на летището. За първи път тази година полети от летище Варна изпълняват и нискотарифните Germanwings (с редовни полети до Берлин и Кьолн), Wizz air (с редовни полети до Будапеща), Sky Europe Slovak (с редовни полети до Братислава).

През това лято летище Варна предлага още по-големи възможности за пътуване по редовни линии и с традиционните превозвачи България ер, Малев, Австрийски авиолинии, Бритиш Еъруейс.

Летни редовни полети има до различни направления в Германия, Русия, Полша, Норвегия, Люксембург.

Най-голям брой полети от началото на годината до сега са обработени на 6 юли – 121, а най-много пътници са обслужени на летището на 6 август, когато през терминалите са преминали 17 347 души. В пиковите часове средно на 6 минути на летището се обслужва кацащ или излитащ самолет.

Warsaw airport - Okecie
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British Airways considers introducing new flight to Transylvania
www.zf.ro

British Airways is looking at the possibility of introducing Transylvania as a destination from the UK, after the airline operator doubled its number of weekly flights from Bucharest to London last year. "Romanian destinations outside Bucharest are important to us and we are particularly interested in Transylvania," said Emil Delibashev :nuts: :) , the commercial manager of British Airways Romania and Bulgaria. The company last year introduced a second daily flight from Bucharest-London and at the beginning of this year signed an agreement with Hungary's Malev airline for Timisoara-London and Targu-Mures-London flights with a stopover in Budapest. According to Delibashev, the number of passengers who choose to travel with British Airways from Bucharest to London has increased by more than 66% over the past 12 months. The increase was also due to the fact that London has become a more attractive destination for Romanian tourists in the wake of EU integration.

British Airways considers introducing new flight to Transylvania
www.zf.ro

Emil Delibashev :nuts: :)
What's wrong with the name? Just another Bulgarian name!

Warsaw's T2 still not opened :bash:
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Warsaw's T1 capacity is 3,5mln pax, but this year it serves over 9mln and this is whats happening in T1


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Yeah, I read the recent Financial Times article about this - when is it scheduled to enter service now? I'm asking because I will be going back to Poland later this year so Im wondering if I should fly into Kiev instead:)

it should be opened in September but its not only Warsaw, the same situation is in Krakow and Gdansk, nobody expected such a boom, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Krakow, Poznan, Łódż, Lublin, Rzeszów are to build new Terminals.

Great of course, but its nothing "unexpected"...alreadly, practically every airport in Czech Republic has a new terminal. And very soon, so will every airport in Ukraine, Russia, ex-Yugoslav states, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.

For example, construction of a new Zagreb terminal , expected to cost 250 million euros (it will be slightly smaller in size but more expensive than Warsaw's new terminal), is expected to start within the next 2-3 years.

It makes me glad:)

Great of course, but its nothing "unexpected"...already, practically every airport in Czech Republic has a new terminal. And very soon, so will every airport in Ukraine, Russia, ex-Yugoslav states, Romania, Bulgaria, etc.

For example, construction of a new Zagreb terminal , expected to cost 250 million euros (it will be slightly smaller in size but more expensive than Warsaw's new terminal), is expected to start within the next 2-3 years.

It makes me glad:)

ooh forget about outdated costs of Warsaw's Terminal, the project was changed, and this is the main issue for such a delay, the piers are longer, and underground station was built.
this is T2 in Gdansk, construction starts at spring.
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^^ Those projects look very good :)

Expansion plans for Belgrade and passenger performance

Belgrade airport for the first 7 months has improved 13% compared to last year and is expecting to have over 2,500,000 passengers pass through the airport this year. Next year is expected to be even better with the Eurovision Song Contest being held in Belgrade. The airport should have a total profit of 3,9 million Euros.

Aircraft parking platform B will be expanded to accommodate more aircrafts. The C platform (Terminal 2 gates) will be expanded so the airport can have a larger capacity for handling passengers. A platform (Terminal 1 gates) and C platforms will somehow be connected to cut the time for passengers from one side to the other. The whole project is being done so the airport can in 4 years start construction of a second runway. The airport is expected to be booked out within the next year and therefore such expansion plans are needed, says Nebojsa Nedeljkovic, the airport's CEO.

Katowice T2
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Is Katowice Wizz Air hub?

Airbus A340-500 at Sofia Airport(Etihad Airways):banana:

Etihad Airways at Sofia Airport (http://www.bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?c=search&spses=0bab24d4a94c8c558b800420835658b5&subm=3&oprt=2&form_PicId=12994)

Airbus A340-500 at Sofia Airport (http://www.bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?c=search&spses=0bab24d4a94c8c558b800420835658b5&subm=3&oprt=2&form_PicId=12995)

^^ WOW! Would love to see it. Which airline is it?
LE: thanks.
An Ethiad A340-500 seen at Toronto - Pearson... nice livery, great aircraft.
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delyan, yes, Katowice is Wizz Air's main hub. I love Polish airports. They're very well designed and look so friendly... great airports.:)

^^ WOW! Would love to see it. Which airline is it?
LE: thanks.
An Ethiad A340-500 seen at Toronto - Pearson... nice livery, great aircraft.
http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/3381/1251202si3.th.jpg (http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1251202si3.jpg)

delyan, yes, Katowice is Wizz Air's main hub. I love Polish airports. They're very well designed and look so friendly... great airports.:)

No at Toronto. At Sofia Airport-August 19 2007.:)
:cheers:

I got it, man. :lol: But since I have no pic of the one in Sofia, I posted this one, taken at Toronto, so that people can see the aircraft and it's livery... in case they don't know 'em. :)

I got it, man. :lol: But since I have no pic of the one in Sofia, I posted this one, taken at Toronto, so that people can see the aircraft and it's livery... in case they don't know 'em. :)

Opening (http://www.bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?c=search&spses=e99cf84d7a3c5fd8e78b184082fd1d9d&subm=3&oprt=2&form_PicId=12994):)

Oh, didn't thought of checking BGspotters... oops! :)

So is Ethiad now flying to Sofia on a regular basis, or is it only a happening?

Oh, didn't thought of checking BGspotters... oops! :)

So is Ethiad now flying to Sofia on a regular basis, or is it only a happening?

I am so sorry bgspotters.net haven't english version:cry:
But it makes no difference.:) So this isn't regular flight for pity.This is incident.

Oh, didn't thought of checking BGspotters... oops! :)

So is Ethiad now flying to Sofia on a regular basis, or is it only a happening?

A340 had to land at Sofia because of medical emergency. The scheduled flight was Aman-New York (AMM-JFK).

Wow @delfin, those are some pretty crisp pics of Okecie airport. I wish we had the same quality for Boryspil (Kyiv) Airport :(

"Problem" with Kyiv is that it technicaly has 4 active airports. Zhuliany(which will be getting a new strip and more modern infrastructire), Gostomel, Svyatoshino and Boryspil...

Boryspil is still half an air force base....that makes things slightly harder...

So Kyiv doesnt really need a big central airport to take all kinds of jets.

Zhuliany can remain to be a regional port, which it is now.

Gostomel can receive the heaviest and biggest jet in the world, and is fine as a cargo hub.

What they need to do in Boryspil is expand to be a purely international hub for Ukraine, and build more strips.

Some more photos of Tirana's "Mother Teresa" Airport which i also posted in the airports subforum:

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Albania's airport really was sexy, it was beautiful frm the outside, especially from the front...inside it was simple. That's what my father liked, he said "see how something so simple can be so beautiful"

and the landscaping...it's not even like that here in america lol

ATA in Prishtina:
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Tirana new terminal does look sweat, I've seen it while ago thanx to lib, it does look great, pity they didn't consider sky bridge thing - on rendering they had 4 of these, why not put them now.

cuz they're stupid greedy, and want to maximize profit. they make 15 million euros a year on the airport. thats not little compared to rinas's size. the new terminal they built has passenger capacity at one million. we had 908k passengers last year and this year with a record rise of 22% we already outgrew the new terminal. thats in only a few months after it came into service. they dont think very far ahead and like i said before only want to maximize profit. their second stage of construction will finish in 2009 and will increase the terminals dimensions to handle a meerly 1.5 million which again we will already have surpassed. if we went under normal conditions rinas would need a 5 million passenger terminal for this year to give the passengers room to breath. whats even dumber is that they believe they only need to build a 3 million passenger terminal for 2025. who's stupid enough to think rinas will only have 3 million passengers by 2025.

^^ ^^
Is Katowice Wizz Air hub?Yes, that's right.

Here is a map of Moscow's three main civilian airports:

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Passengers (2006):
Domodedovo (South) - 15 370 335 (2007 estimates at 18.5 mln)
Sheremet'evo (North) - 12 702 171
Vnukovo (West) - 5 130 648

Another airport worth mentioning is Pulkovo in St Petersburg - 5 074 191 passengers in 2006

^
With current growth rates, it looks like Moscow's airports will soon surpass London's in number of passenger traffic:yes:

^^ No way, Heathrow alone is over twice that of all Moscow's airports combines

Mighty Heathrow had a passenger growth rate of -1% last year.

You seem to suffer from problems at Zagreb airport, run by bunch of idiots if you ask me, all of them.

They didn't start with the expansion and current terminal is already at max capacity of 2 million, I mean airport will handle 3 million passengers, but it will be a squeeze.

I totally agree, lack of vision.

cuz they're stupid greedy, and want to maximize profit. they make 15 million euros a year on the airport. thats not little compared to rinas's size. the new terminal they built has passenger capacity at one million. we had 908k passengers last year and this year with a record rise of 22% we already outgrew the new terminal. thats in only a few months after it came into service. they dont think very far ahead and like i said before only want to maximize profit. their second stage of construction will finish in 2009 and will increase the terminals dimensions to handle a meerly 1.5 million which again we will already have surpassed. if we went under normal conditions rinas would need a 5 million passenger terminal for this year to give the passengers room to breath. whats even dumber is that they believe they only need to build a 3 million passenger terminal for 2025. who's stupid enough to think rinas will only have 3 million passengers by 2025.

Mighty Heathrow had a passenger growth rate of -1% last year.

KM, Heatrow, handles 67 million passengers with 2 runways, simply there is no room, they are trying to get 3rd runway but it is not easy with eco protesters.

Current terminal has reached capacity bc there is no more space on runway slot. already aircraft at heatrow land every 30 seconds in peak time, instead of 50 seconds premited by IATA.

3rd runway is a must, otherwise it will be stuck at 70 million passengers or allow only wide body aircraft to land and this way increase capacity.

KM London has 5 airports, 3 of which are larger than any of Moscow's airports.

You seem to suffer from problems at Zagreb airport, run by bunch of idiots if you ask me, all of them.

They didn't start with the expansion and current terminal is already at max capacity of 2 million, I mean airport will handle 3 million passengers, but it will be a squeeze.

I totally agree, lack of vision.

Are you serious? 2 million only..Albania's is 1 million, i saw Zagreb's airport in pics and it looked kind of small, but i figured that the airport would hold around 10 million people a year cause Croatia is a tourist destination- big one

But Albania's airport still has construction around it, maybe they'll see it in the future

Why are the air bridges soo important? Buses are fun :)

Norwegian announced new flights to Belgrade from Rygge starting March 15

Why are the air bridges soo important? Buses are fun :)

Air bridges are a sign of progress, development, and wealth, especially regions like EE. In Russia, for instance, its considered a rare luxury for airports outside of Moscow to have air bridges (So far only 8 airports outside of Moscow have air bridges). Obviously the commies didn't see air bridges as important, no they had to design terminals to be like small overcrowded holding pens with no food courts, plasma tv displays, conveyer belts, escalators, and of course air bridges (all a neccesity for any airport)

This is interesting

List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries

1. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade BEG/LYBE | 2,222,445 | +9%
2. Sofia Airport | Sofia SOF/LBSF | 2,200,950 | +18%
3. Burgas Airport | Burgas BOJ/LBBG | 1,802,035 | +16%
4. Zagreb Airport | Zagreb ZAG/LDZA | 1,728,413 | +11%
5. Varna Airport | Varna VAR/LBWN | 1,522,658 | -2%
6. Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana LJU/LJLJ | 1,334,355 | +10%
7. Dubrovnik Airport | Dubrovnik DBV/LDDU | 1,120,453 | +3%
8. Split Airport | Split SPU/LDSP | 1,095,852 +17%
9. Priština International Airport | Priština PRN/LYPR | 844,092 | -9.3%
10. Skopje Airport | Skopje SKP/LWSK | 542,319 +4%
11. Sarajevo International Airport | Sarajevo SJJ/LQSA | 534,186 | +4%
12. Tivat Airport | Tivat TIV/LYTV | 451,000 | +19%
13. Podgorica Airport | Podgorica TGD/LYTG | 382,000 | +16.7%
14. Pula Airport | Pula PUY/LDPL 295,345 | +40%
15. Rijeka Airport | Rijeka RJK/LDRI 210,000 | +41%
16. Plovdiv International Airport | Plovdiv PVD/LBPD | 93,245 | +41%
17. Zadar Airport | Zadar ZAD/LDZD | 65,423 | -24%
18. Ohrid Airport | Ohrid OHD/LWOH | 50,366 | -6%
19. Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš INI/LYNI | 35,518 | +33%
20. Banja Luka International Airport | Banja Luka BNX/LQBK | 17,622 | -16%
21. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGY | 515 | +56%

Are you serious? 2 million only..Albania's is 1 million, i saw Zagreb's airport in pics and it looked kind of small, but i figured that the airport would hold around 10 million people a year cause Croatia is a tourist destination- big one

But Albania's airport still has construction around it, maybe they'll see it in the future

croatia has loads of tourist, but most of them come with car, train and boat.

Air plays smaller role in Croatian tourism, one in 8 tourist taking a holiday arrives by air, But this %g is growing now, as many low cost airlines offer cheap flights all over, but Croatian airports were unprepared for this inflow and now most are bursting to the capacity so much so, many are now playing a catch up.

Zagreb is a prime example, it has small terminal (very nice inside - ugly outside) but it has reached max capacity. Same goes for Split and Dubrovnik.

these are plans for split airport expansion
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and Zagreb new terminal
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/ZLZ_1.jpg

And Dubrovnik Airport as well. plans for 32500 sqm terminal...


Planed
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croatia has loads of tourist, but most of them come with car, train and boat.

Air plays smaller role in Croatian tourism, one in 8 tourist taking a holiday arrives by air, But this %g is growing now, as many low cost airlines offer cheap flights all over, but Croatian airports were unprepared for this inflow and now most are bursting to the capacity so much so, many are now playing a catch up.

Zagreb is a prime example, it has small terminal (very nice inside - ugly outside) but it has reached max capacity. Same goes for Split and Dubrovnik.



yea i remember hear about the tourists coming in by car but why is that? Are flights to croatia expensive...to be honest i'd like to visit it at one point in my life, but i wouldn't know where to go...i'd probably go to Dubrovnik and that's it lol
Anyway, i'm surprised and kind of relieved to see that Tirana's airport at this point is actually pretty good- it's on par with the other countries

yea i remember hear about the tourists coming in by car but why is that? Are flights to croatia expensive...to be honest i'd like to visit it at one point in my life, but i wouldn't know where to go...i'd probably go to Dubrovnik and that's it lol
Anyway, i'm surprised and kind of relieved to see that Tirana's airport at this point is actually pretty good- it's on par with the other countries

BC Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech R, Slovenia and Austria are all very close to Croatia, this is where most tourist come from, Dutch love to camp so they are coming with there camp-caravans and whole thing, same with danish and Belgians, but Dutch are most numerous, some 320 000 campers, even Dutch PM comes in caravan to Croatia.

By air we get mostly Spanish, Swedish, Finish, Irish, Norwegian, American, Canadian, Japanese, Korean and British tourist, (I am a brit btw).

And there aren't that many of them about 1.5 million air tourist.

This is interesting

List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries

1. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade BEG/LYBE | 2,222,445 | +9%
2. Sofia Airport | Sofia SOF/LBSF | 2,200,950 | +18%
3. Burgas Airport | Burgas BOJ/LBBG | 1,802,035 | +16%
4. Zagreb Airport | Zagreb ZAG/LDZA | 1,728,413 | +11%
5. Varna Airport | Varna VAR/LBWN | 1,522,658 | -2%


3 out of the first 5 airports are Bulgarian :banana: we sure are getting a lot of traffic. Sofia's projection is for 2.6m for this year alone.

btw thanks for the info :cheers:

BC Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech R, Slovenia and Austria are all very close to Croatia, this is where most tourist come from, Dutch love to camp so they are coming with there camp-caravans and whole thing, same with danish and Belgians, but Dutch are most numerous, some 320 000 campers, even Dutch PM comes in caravan to Croatia.

By air we get mostly Spanish, Swedish, Finish, Irish, Norwegian, American, Canadian, Japanese, Korean and British tourist, (I am a brit btw).

And there aren't that many of them about 1.5 million air tourist.



Wow that's really strange, a very small percentage of the tourists comes in by air...you feel safer at least lol
You're British, you seem obsessed with Croatia

Wow that's really strange, a very small percentage of the tourists comes in by air...you feel safer at least lol
You're British, you seem obsessed with Croatia

my mom is croat, my dad is italian, I feel closer to Croatia, bc this is where I spent a lot of time as a kid, every summer we went to Croatia on holiday.

We went to Italy as well, but I think I prefer Croatia, ppl are much nicer.

"3 out of the first 5 airports are Bulgarian we sure are getting a lot of traffic. Sofia's projection is for 2.6m for this year alone."
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Yup, that's why I noticed, too. Bulgaria is kicking some serious ass, good for you guys. :bowtie:

This is interesting

List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries

1. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade BEG/LYBE | 2,222,445 | +9%
2. Sofia Airport | Sofia SOF/LBSF | 2,200,950 | +18%
3. Burgas Airport | Burgas BOJ/LBBG | 1,802,035 | +16%
4. Zagreb Airport | Zagreb ZAG/LDZA | 1,728,413 | +11%
5. Varna Airport | Varna VAR/LBWN | 1,522,658 | -2%
6. Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana LJU/LJLJ | 1,334,355 | +10%
7. Dubrovnik Airport | Dubrovnik DBV/LDDU | 1,120,453 | +3%
8. Split Airport | Split SPU/LDSP | 1,095,852 +17%
9. Priština International Airport | Priština PRN/LYPR | 844,092 | -9.3%
10. Skopje Airport | Skopje SKP/LWSK | 542,319 +4%
11. Sarajevo International Airport | Sarajevo SJJ/LQSA | 534,186 | +4%
12. Tivat Airport | Tivat TIV/LYTV | 451,000 | +19%
13. Podgorica Airport | Podgorica TGD/LYTG | 382,000 | +16.7%
14. Pula Airport | Pula PUY/LDPL 295,345 | +40%
15. Rijeka Airport | Rijeka RJK/LDRI 210,000 | +41%
16. Plovdiv International Airport | Plovdiv PVD/LBPD | 93,245 | +41%
17. Zadar Airport | Zadar ZAD/LDZD | 65,423 | -24%
18. Ohrid Airport | Ohrid OHD/LWOH | 50,366 | -6%
19. Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš INI/LYNI | 35,518 | +33%
20. Banja Luka International Airport | Banja Luka BNX/LQBK | 17,622 | -16%
21. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGY | 515 | +56%What was your source?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_airports_in_the_South_Slavic_countries

:)

This is interesting

List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries

1. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade BEG/LYBE | 2,222,445 | +9%
2. Sofia Airport | Sofia SOF/LBSF | 2,200,950 | +18%
3. Burgas Airport | Burgas BOJ/LBBG | 1,802,035 | +16%
4. Zagreb Airport | Zagreb ZAG/LDZA | 1,728,413 | +11%
5. Varna Airport | Varna VAR/LBWN | 1,522,658 | -2%
6. Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana LJU/LJLJ | 1,334,355 | +10%
7. Dubrovnik Airport | Dubrovnik DBV/LDDU | 1,120,453 | +3%
8. Split Airport | Split SPU/LDSP | 1,095,852 +17%
9. Priština International Airport | Priština PRN/LYPR | 844,092 | -9.3%
10. Skopje Airport | Skopje SKP/LWSK | 542,319 +4%
11. Sarajevo International Airport | Sarajevo SJJ/LQSA | 534,186 | +4%
12. Tivat Airport | Tivat TIV/LYTV | 451,000 | +19%
13. Podgorica Airport | Podgorica TGD/LYTG | 382,000 | +16.7%
14. Pula Airport | Pula PUY/LDPL 295,345 | +40%
15. Rijeka Airport | Rijeka RJK/LDRI 210,000 | +41%
16. Plovdiv International Airport | Plovdiv PVD/LBPD | 93,245 | +41%
17. Zadar Airport | Zadar ZAD/LDZD | 65,423 | -24%
18. Ohrid Airport | Ohrid OHD/LWOH | 50,366 | -6%
19. Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš INI/LYNI | 35,518 | +33%
20. Banja Luka International Airport | Banja Luka BNX/LQBK | 17,622 | -16%
21. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGY | 515 | +56%

come on,where is Bucharest?

Bucharest is not a Balkan city.

There is only one small part of Romania that is situated on the Balkan peninsula.
Same story with Turkey.:)

Bucharest Henri-Coanda (Otopeni)

No. passengers
2002 1.100.000
2003 1.900.000
2004 2.600.000
2005 3.000.000
2006 3.500.000
2007 4.500.000


Bucharest Aurel-Vlaicu (Baneasa)

No. passengers
2002 30.000
2003 170.000
2004 210.000
2005 385.000
2006 700.000
2007 1.000.000


^^ I suppose its not considered South-East Slavic Country

Is it Slavic? :)

:nuts: edit

Well, Romania's not a Slavic country. :lol:

Passengers numbers for major Romanian airports

Bucharest - Henri Coandă: 3,513,576 (2006); 5,000,000 (2007 estimate)
Timişoara - Traian Vuia: 753,934 (2006); 1,000,000 (2007 estimate)
Bucharest - Aurel Vlaicu: 700,000 (2006);
Sibiu: 250,000 (?) (2006)
Cluj-Napoca: 244,336 (2006); 900,000 (2020 estimate... a bit small:ohno:)
Iaşi: 71,300 (2006); 95,000 (2007 estimate)
Târgu Mureş - Transilvania: 47,200 (2006); 160,000 (2007 estimate)
Oradea: 37,500 (2006)


I couldn't find any info on Bacău, Arad and Constanţa. The rest don't really matter...

Bucharest is not a Balkan city.

There is only one small part of Romania that is situated on the Balkan peninsula.
Same story with Turkey.:)

the sheet title says "south slavic countries". Slovakia is a north(central,if Russia is counted) slavic country. Wiki is not very precise. Leaving out the biggest slavic nation...

Ethiopia? :)

Some pics of the construction going on at Sibiu International Airport. New 5,000 sq. meter terminal, a longer runway, extended by 1 km. and new beacons. About 68 million EUR in total. 52 million in the original calculation... without extending the runway and upgrading the beacon system. The whole project should be completed this year. More like 2008 if you ask me. Photos are from July.
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http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5038/dsc0243ps1.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0243ps1.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5453/dsc0285hc7.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0285hc7.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3747/dsc0317nc1.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0317nc1.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4865/dsc0322to0.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0322to0.jpg)

Some pics of the construction going on at Sibiu International Airport. New terminal, a longer, extended, runway and new beacons. About 68 million EUR in total.
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4233/f63f660c29oo6.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=f63f660c29oo6.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4898/dsc0212br9.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0212br9.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/489/dsc0223ao2.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0223ao2.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2406/dsc0237mi6.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0237mi6.jpg)
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5038/dsc0243ps1.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0243ps1.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5453/dsc0285hc7.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0285hc7.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/3747/dsc0317nc1.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0317nc1.jpg)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4865/dsc0322to0.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0322to0.jpg)

Planned for A380?

More like A321... A330 at max.:lol:

This is interesting

List of the largest airports in the South Slavic countries

1. Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Belgrade BEG/LYBE | 2,222,445 | +9%
2. Sofia Airport | Sofia SOF/LBSF | 2,200,950 | +18%
3. Burgas Airport | Burgas BOJ/LBBG | 1,802,035 | +16%
4. Zagreb Airport | Zagreb ZAG/LDZA | 1,728,413 | +11%
5. Varna Airport | Varna VAR/LBWN | 1,522,658 | -2%
6. Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport | Ljubljana LJU/LJLJ | 1,334,355 | +10%
7. Dubrovnik Airport | Dubrovnik DBV/LDDU | 1,120,453 | +3%
8. Split Airport | Split SPU/LDSP | 1,095,852 +17%
9. Priština International Airport | Priština PRN/LYPR | 844,092 | -9.3%
10. Skopje Airport | Skopje SKP/LWSK | 542,319 +4%
11. Sarajevo International Airport | Sarajevo SJJ/LQSA | 534,186 | +4%
12. Tivat Airport | Tivat TIV/LYTV | 451,000 | +19%
13. Podgorica Airport | Podgorica TGD/LYTG | 382,000 | +16.7%
14. Pula Airport | Pula PUY/LDPL 295,345 | +40%
15. Rijeka Airport | Rijeka RJK/LDRI 210,000 | +41%
16. Plovdiv International Airport | Plovdiv PVD/LBPD | 93,245 | +41%
17. Zadar Airport | Zadar ZAD/LDZD | 65,423 | -24%
18. Ohrid Airport | Ohrid OHD/LWOH | 50,366 | -6%
19. Niš Constantine the Great Airport | Niš INI/LYNI | 35,518 | +33%
20. Banja Luka International Airport | Banja Luka BNX/LQBK | 17,622 | -16%
21. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGY | 515 | +56%

wow Sofia's rising fast especially this year,around 25% increase of passenger traffic. :okay:

wow Sofia's rising fast especially this year,around 25% increase of passenger traffic. :okay:

you know,percentages dont tell the truth. increase from 10000 to 20000 is +100%,but from 20000 to 30000,only +50%. So a growth of a 1million airport by 1% can be bigger,than a 200% for a smaller one.
I hate percentages:)
But yes,+18% for an airport of 2million looks awesome:)

Tourism?

Here is data for 1 half of 2007 for Polish airports:

Airport pax number (y/y change)
Warszawa 4,196,665 (+13.6%)
Kraków 1,414,764 (+43.2%)
Katowice 802,391 (+34.3%)
Gdańsk 746,975 (+39.6%)
Wrocław 596,933 (+75.3%)
Poznań 367,387 (+37.7%)
Łódź 150,524 (+66.2%)
Rzeszów 128,142 (+27.3%)
Szczecin 100,760 (+10.5%)
Bydgoszcz 80,420 (+23.9%)

Kraków 1,414,764 (+43.2%)

Wow! It`s a giant growth.:nuts:

you know,percentages dont tell the truth. increase from 10000 to 20000 is +100%,but from 20000 to 30000,only +50%. So a growth of a 1million airport by 1% can be bigger,than a 200% for a smaller one.
I hate percentages:)
But yes,+18% for an airport of 2million looks awesome:)

Yes,thats also true ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_airports_in_the_South_Slavic_countries

:)Thanks.

come on,where is Bucharest?
Southern Slavic, dude..........
But if I had to create this table I would not call it "Southern Slavic" because it sound very nationalistic, not that it is bad, but it leaves out countries like Albania, Greece and Romania that are from the same region.

Holland, Belgium....are all very close to Croatia
Come again? :wave:

3 out of the first 5 airports are Bulgarian :banana: we sure are getting a lot of traffic. Sofia's projection is for 2.6m for this year alone.

btw thanks for the info :cheers:

Don't forget 515 passengers from Gorna (GOZ) with its 56% increase. I added it myself to Wiki! :banana:

Southern Slavic, dude..........
But if I had to create this table I would not call it "Southern Slavic" because it sound very nationalistic, not that it is bad, but it leaves out countries like Albania, Greece and Romania that are from the same region.

are you telling me Zagreb is more south than Bucharest?
I dont really care,since i'm neither southern,nor slavic:)

wow Sofia's rising fast especially this year,around 25% increase of passenger traffic. :okay:
I don't know if anybody mentioned it, but these numbers are from 2006.

are you telling me Zagreb is more south than Bucharest?
No, I'm telling you that the statistics are fundamentally wrong because they show the "southern Slavic" traffic in a region that includes Albanians, Greeks and Romanians. Obviously, countries like Greece and Romania have big airport traffic and if they are added to the table they would change the way the table looks. For example, number one would be Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos (Spata) (ATH / LGAV) airport, number two would be Bucharest's Henri Coanda (Otopeni) (OTP / LROP) airport and then comes Belgrade......

you know,percentages dont tell the truth.

Look at 21. Gorna Oryahovitsa Airport | Gorna Oryahovitsa GOZ/LBGY
56% increase! :banana: :banana: :lol:

Tourism?
Where? Sofia? Not much tourism in Sofia!

Here is data for 1 half of 2007 for Polish airports:

Airport pax number (y/y change)
Warszawa 4,196,665 (+13.6%)
Kraków 1,414,764 (+43.2%)
Katowice 802,391 (+34.3%)
Gdańsk 746,975 (+39.6%)
Wrocław 596,933 (+75.3%)
Poznań 367,387 (+37.7%)
Łódź 150,524 (+66.2%)
Rzeszów 128,142 (+27.3%)
Szczecin 100,760 (+10.5%)
Bydgoszcz 80,420 (+23.9%)

Impressive! ^^

are you telling me Zagreb is more south than Bucharest?
I dont really care,since i'm neither southern,nor slavic:)

Nor Romania ... Hungary is "more southern" than Romania

Nor Romania ... Hungary is "more southern" than Romania

In geographical sense?

I dont really care,since i'm neither southern,nor slavic:)

I read recently that Slavic haplogroup is dominant among Magyar ppl, so you, your Demskivaros folks and videki are all our fellow Slavs... Cheerz bro :cheers:




:D

I read recently that Slavic haplogroup is dominant among Magyar ppl, so you, your Demskivaros folks and videki are all our fellow Slavs... Cheerz bro :cheers:




:D

Personally,I have polish roots. what is haplogroup?
BTW..our language is not slavic..out customs are not really slavic(some maybe,since we are neighbours),our genetics is asian(hungarians have similar face like asians)..so we are not slavs.

Personally,I have polish roots. what is haplogroup?
BTW..our language is not slavic..out customs are not really slavic(some maybe,since we are neighbours),our genetics is asian(hungarians have similar face like asians)..so we are not slavs.

Haplogroup = a kind of gene type, the Slavic one is dominant in Hungary... It was a joke, the identity is so much more than just genes .

Haplogroup = a kind of gene type, the Slavic one is dominant in Hungary... It was a joke, the identity is so much more than just genes .

I know..thats why I said I have polish roots. My grandfather's fater's name was "Prosovszky",and he changed(with ugly name-hungarized) his name when he married to Budapest,although he was born in Pécs. Since humans can interbreed,these "slavic","germanic","mongolic" things have no real meaning to me.
BTW,Henry Coanda is not a typical romanian name...ha had some british roots? Or just its his translated name?

hungarians have similar face like asians
Yeah, right! Where the Magyars come from is not exactly Asia. There are thousands kilometers more to the east until you reach the real Asia.

Yeah, right! Where the Magyars come from is not exactly Asia. There are thousands kilometers more to the east until you reach the real Asia.

Ok,so we are going to argue over our origin,or about airports?

^^ ^^
airports.....in EE:banana:

BTW,Henry Coanda is not a typical romanian name...ha had some british roots? Or just its his translated name?

It's actually spelled "Henri", not "Henry".:)
Born in Bucharest, Coandă was the second child of a large family. His father was General Constantin Coandă, a mathematics professor at the National School of Power and Roads. His mother, Aida Danet, was the daughter of French physician Gustave Danet, and was born in Brittany. He was later to recall that even as a child he was fascinated by the miracle of wind.
Henri Coandă on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coanda)

I still don't understand what are you trying to say? You consider Romanians to be slavs?! In that case, you should brush your history a bit.:nuts: Please, don't try to explain. Let's get back on topic. :)

It's actually spelled "Henri", not "Henry".:)

Henri Coandă on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Coanda)

I still don't understand what are you trying to say? You consider Romanians to be slavs?! In that case, you should brush your history a bit.:nuts: Please, don't try to explain. Let's get back on topic. :)

Ok,thanks for the explanation! I dont want to tell you what you are,or what not. I think romanians are romanians.

Don't think I was offended in some way.:) I was only referring to the historic aspect of what you said.

On-topic: TAROM aircraft at Henri Coandă.
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/6701/tarom21jm3.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tarom21jm3.jpg)http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2766/tarom22ud8.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tarom22ud8.jpg)

And some cool (even if a tad old) pics of Henri Coandă.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/8601/0288214ka3.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0288214ka3.jpg)http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/4638/0911547su5.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0911547su5.jpg)http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/3610/0591553ds8.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0591553ds8.jpg)http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/1408/0939211ne2.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=0939211ne2.jpg)
In the last one you can see the DN1 road.

One picture from my collection of the new T2 at SOF/LBSF

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/7166/sofzv4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Some more photos of Sofia Airport's T2:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=9913

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=9912

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=98fc3f3cecc6836543b12c3615339a5a&subm=5&form_PicId=9492

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=98fc3f3cecc6836543b12c3615339a5a&subm=5&form_PicId=9485

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4805

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3849

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4806

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4807

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8979

When it was under construction last year:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=2757

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3456

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3725

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8798

Bush's visit to Sofia (Airfoce 1 @ the Sofia Airport):

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11792

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11793

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11794

Bulgarian Airforce's Mig-29(s) escorting Airforce 1 from Sofia Airport:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11791

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8240

^^ ^^
crystal pictures......

WOW sofia airport trully amazing!.....

Awesome pictures.

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=9913

this picture looks crazyyy..amazing

An interesting presentation from U.S. Commercial Service in Romania - "Opportunities in Romania’s Regional Airports"

Link - http://www.iaae.org/meetings/Dubrovnik06/Conference%20Papers/2006%20Romania%20Airport%20Market.pdf
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/720/11111111111111111111111xw5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Upgrading of Constanta International Airport

Thanks to the excellent geographical location near the Black Sea port of Constanta, this airport
stands an excellent chance to develop at a fast pace. In recent months, it has received
considerable attention due to the fact that it has been selected as a transit airport for U.S.
military involved in missions and operations in the Balkans and the Middle East.
However, its long-term development plans take into account an expected increase in passenger
and cargo traffic generated by more vibrant commercial and tourist activity in the region
(Black Sea resorts, attractive destinations in the Danube Delta, archaeological sites).
Airport upgrades scheduled for 2003-2004 included the overhaul of the runway and the
modernization of its lighting system. Investments to be made during 2005-2015 will be
earmarked for: airport terminal modernization and complete upgrading of airport equipment
(2006-2010), installing an electronic surveillance system (2006-2007), building of a parking
facility for heavy vehicles, and building of a cargo terminal (2011-2015).

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The prospects for U.S. exports of dual-use ATC equipment over the short-to-medium term are
quite good. They are mainly connected to a large project for the co-production of low-altitude
mobile tri-dimensional gap filler radars. Under this project, Lockheed Martin will transfer
technology to Romania to help it manufacture and export gap filler radars. A USD 12 million
pilot project including prototype manufacturing, extensive training and production preparation
is underway. The anticipated value of U.S. exports for this project is USD 130 million. The
radars are to be used for low altitude air space surveillance, landings at civil and military
airports, control of low altitude illegal flights, and search and rescue missions.

Airport in Sochi - photos by me:

http://photos.golovmedia.com/sochi/airport/IMG_0087.jpg
http://photos.golovmedia.com/sochi/airport/IMG_0088.jpg
http://photos.golovmedia.com/sochi/airport/IMG_0090.jpg

Some more photos of Sofia Airport's T2:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=9913

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=9912

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=98fc3f3cecc6836543b12c3615339a5a&subm=5&form_PicId=9492

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=98fc3f3cecc6836543b12c3615339a5a&subm=5&form_PicId=9485

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4805

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3849

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4806

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=4807

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8979

When it was under construction last year:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=2757

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3456

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=3725

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8798

Bush's visit to Sofia (Airfoce 1 @ the Sofia Airport):

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11792

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11793

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11794

Bulgarian Airforce's Mig-29(s) escorting Airforce 1 from Sofia Airport:

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=11791

http://bgspotters.net/pictures/pic.php?spses=0b6cd189dc1052bfeb17ce77c096a1c8&subm=5&form_PicId=8240

Waw!!!! Sofia's airport is very very beautiful! Congratulations!!!:banana:

Wow, great airport in Sofia. Did they finally get plasma screens or are they still using those old tv screens for departure/arrivle information?!

The airport in Split is amazing, architecturally. The inside is pretty usual, but the outside of it very beautiful. Some of my shots:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/CzasNaZywiec/Chorwacja/IMG_0535.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/CzasNaZywiec/Chorwacja/IMG_0536.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/CzasNaZywiec/Chorwacja/IMG_0537.jpg

:cheers: Hvala Hrvatska!

Did they finally get plasma screens or are they still using those old tv screens for departure/arrivle information?!

same old TVs, even in USA they have the same TV monitors....

Yeah, today I went back from Paris (BTW a nightmare landing, I almost got craze, I fucking hate airplanes, I just wonder if our plane was in the news, you know that's the first flight I really got green face...this Air France pilot should pilot some Eurofighter or Mirage LOL, it was like a fucking rollercoaster, just some hundred meters over Sofia, I've never ever experienced this kind of shit before :( ) BTW on Paris-CDG there was a monument of those fucked up, proved to be dangerous, Concorde plane. The whole fucked up terminal 2B (EE+Switzerland destinations) was very very fucked up with very poor organization (on Sofia's terminal 2 it's waaaaaaay better!!!). I fucking hate Air France and CDG, blah :(

The same old displays on Sofia Airport though :(

Man, you really are pissed! :lol: Sorry for your landing... once in a while you get an ex-fighter pilot missing the good ol' times... hehe!:nuts: But what's up with Concorde being "fucked up"?!:ohno: Concorde had one of the best safety records of any passenger aircraft. Don't label an aircraft as "fucked up" for just one crash. Regarding Paris-CDG, yeah... it confused me too when I was there, and it's not the easiest airport to get around, but Sofia Airport is tiny compared to CDG, of course Sofia it's much friendlier.:)

Man, you really are pissed! :lol: Sorry for your landing... once in a while you get an ex-fighter pilot missing the good ol' times... hehe!:nuts: But what's up with Concorde being "fucked up"?!:ohno: Concorde had one of the best safety records of any passenger aircraft. Don't label an aircraft as "fucked up" for just one crash. Regarding Paris-CDG, yeah... it confused me too when I was there, and it's not the easiest airport to get around, but Sofia Airport is tiny compared to CDG, of course Sofia it's much friendlier.:)


Man, I've never seen such a queue at no other airport! Our flight was 45 minutes late all because of those great French organisation. First, the displays showing our flight were broken...alll over the 2B terminal (3 displays non-functional all-over)...second, our check-in (number 4) was on the other end of the terminal (our flight was at B31)...the people at desk 4 were drinking cofee most of the time..so there was a big queue on the check-in as well as at the customs office (where some Moldovian assholes tried to skip half of the queue...and almost ended up fighting with some crazy Bulgarian transferred from Columbia)..There were at least passengers for 4 flights queueing there, to Bucharest, Sofia, St.Petersburg and Belgrade.

Next, after we all understood that boarding was too late, we had to wait for seven planes to took off before we get to the runway...and 2:30 hours after...those landing...anyway, Air France's Airbus A320 was very nice, with signs in Bulgarian all over, I liked this...but the landing....OMFG! I've never seen that before!!!

I like Air France though...no other airline serves you French red wine :) I just felt fucked up at CDG, we didn't use any air bridges (just buses, cause we were late all because of that notorious French .org. We were treated as if we were from Middle Asia (the customs were the perfect example...only teh ex-Jugoslavian people and those from ex-Russian republics were treated worse than us :( As if we were some criminals trying to hijack their precious plane to Sofia :) )

Anyway, I really really enjoy my Paris holiday though :)

(where some Moldovian assholes tried to skip half of the queue...and almost ended up fighting with some crazy Bulgarian transferred from Columbia)..
:lol: Typical...:nuts:

When I flew into CDG, by TAROM, they drove us by bus from the aircraft to the terminal, because of all the air bridges being used by other aircraft. The flight attendents were a bit pissed, saying that they were treated the same in some other major airport (Heathrow, Frankfurt... I don't remember), but It was ok with me, as I got to have a very short tour of the apron in front of terminal 2B.:nuts: At departure with TAROM, our plane was connected to the air bridge, though. But yeah, overall, CDG is poorly organised. I still like it though... and Paris itself is more than worth it!:cheers:

Oh, on my return flight there were two gypsies right behind me on the plane. Man, they were acting like shit... idiots! Like the aircraft was their property, and they kept asking the flight attendents these stupid, stupid questions. Those guys were so out of some tree... retards with lots of nerve!:ohno:

New Terminals in Gdańsk, Wrocław and Kraków. Construction all of these three Terminals start at the beginning of 2008.
Gdańsk:
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/1281/gdaskvz9.jpg
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/6862/gdaskwntrzeti4.jpg
Wrocław:
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4237/wrocawjp0.jpg
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1091/wrocawwntrzeui6.jpg
Kraków:
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3581/krakwtk5.jpg

....and now Southeastern Europe's best Airport...Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos"...enjoy...

Some data first:
GR 190 19 Spata, Tel.: +30210 35 30 000, Fax: +30210 35 32 284,
e-mail: info@aia.gr, Web Address: www.aia.gr

As extracted from the airport's website - my apologies if these were supposed to be posted or ahve actually been posted elsewhere.


" Airport's total land area: 17.5 km2
" 2 independent parallel runways of approx. 4 km each
" Main Terminal & Satellite Buildings spread over an area of 180,000 m2
" 89 aircraft parking stands
" 24 passenger boarding bridges
" 48 gates
" 144 check-in counters
" 11 luggage-claim conveyor belts (hourly capacity 7,000 items)
" Commercial area: 7,000 m2

Capacity (during the first phase of operation)

" Up to 16 million passengers and 220,000 tons of cargo per annum
" 600 aircraft movements a day
" 65 landings-takeoffs an hour

Expansion potential at the final stage of development: up to 50 million passengers

Distinctions

AETRA (IATA/ACI) Award for "Overall Passenger Satisfaction" in 2004

According to the latest AETRA survey for Overall Passenger Satisfaction for the year 2004, Athens International Airport ranked 2nd in Europe & 2nd in the world in its category - 5-15 million pax p.a.

GreenLight Award (November 2004)

Athens International Airport the first Hellenic company to receive the European Commission's GreenLight Award for the implementation of a series of preventive maintenance activities and energy efficient measures in lighting, thus reducing emissions related to the greenhouse effect.

AETRA (IATA/ACI) Award for "Overall Passenger Satisfaction" in 2003 (October 2004)

In the competitive airport size category from 5 to 15 million passengers per annum, "Eleftherios Venizelos" holds the 1st ranking position in Europe in "Overall Passenger Satisfaction", for the second consecutive year, and the 2nd in the world, for the year 2003.

E.F.Q.M. "Committed to Excellence" Award (June 2004)

AIA's Corporate Services Division has been awarded with the "Committed to Excellence" distinction from the European Foundation Quality Management (EFQM), acknowledging the level of its business and the quality of human resources services issues.

2003 IATA Eagle Award (June 2003)

In recognition of its contribution to the aviation industry and its support towards airlines, Athens International Airport has been honoured with the 2003 Eagle Award of the International Air Transport Association.

E.F.Q.M. "Recognised for Excellence" Award (April 2003)

Athens International Airport has been honoured with the "Recognised for Excellence" Award of the European Foundation for Quality Management (E.F.Q.M.), acknowledging the level of business excellence and the quality of services of the Airport's Information Technology & Telecommunications Department.

European Airport of the Year 2004" Award (December 2003)

Athens International Airport was honoured with the title of "European Airport of the Year 2004", within the framework of the annual Institute of Transport Management (ITM) Awards, for its innovative entrepreneurial scheme and the airport's successful operation and achievements.

and pics....

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/596/917955949965952941961953959962.jpg

http://www.aia.gr/EN/business/media/photo_gallery/images/x-mas04/6.jpg

http://www.aia.gr/EN/business/media/photo_gallery/images/x-mas04/18.jpg

http://www.aia.gr/EN/business/media/photo_gallery/images/x-mas04/8.jpg

http://www.aia.gr/EN/business/media/photo_gallery/images/x-mas04/20.jpg

http://www.aia.gr/EN/business/media/photo_gallery/images/x-mas04/16.jpg

Athens International Airport:

Aerial views:
http://www.ert.gr/aerialphoto/photos/big/001_el.venizelos.jpg

http://www.ert.gr/aerialphoto/photos/big/002.jpg

Control Tower:
http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/gm22633/29410/391776/0/Athens+Airport+-+Control+Tower.jpg

Train-Metro Station:
http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/gm22632/24691/295854/0/Athens+Airport+-+Train+Station+2.JPG

Airport's Hotel:
http://briefcase.pathfinder.gr/download/gm22633/29410/391775/0/Athens+Airport+Sofitel+Hotel.JPG

Since the number of passengers flying to and from Bratislava has increased drastically over the past few years, "Slovakia's strategic company a.k.a. Golden Egg" Bratislava Airport has decided to invest into further capacities. Last year the brand new terminal C was built, rumours say the architect had been supposedly inspired by a sardine can while designing the building. This year a brand new tent was built to satisfy increasing demand. Further investments will be made next year, including cleaning of the toilets and a second much larger tent.

Terminal C (silver building)

http://www.slovak-airports.net/img/planes/1024/619.jpg

New Tent:

http://img.bleskovky.sk/big/98073.jpg/letisko-m-r-stefanika-stan.jpg

:banana:

New terminal under construction in Kaliningrad.



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еще из http://aviaforum.ru/showthread.php?t=16211

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Render of final plans

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7035/1mj0.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6386/2ca4973sonc1.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5210/3fl1.jpg

Looks like an aquapark or smth...

Man, I've never seen such a queue at no other airport! Our flight was 45 minutes late all because of those great French organisation. First, the displays showing our flight were broken...alll over the 2B terminal (3 displays non-functional all-over)...second, our check-in (number 4) was on the other end of the terminal (our flight was at B31)...the people at desk 4 were drinking cofee most of the time..so there was a big queue on the check-in as well as at the customs office (where some Moldovian assholes tried to skip half of the queue...and almost ended up fighting with some crazy Bulgarian transferred from Columbia)..There were at least passengers for 4 flights queueing there, to Bucharest, Sofia, St.Petersburg and Belgrade.

Next, after we all understood that boarding was too late, we had to wait for seven planes to took off before we get to the runway...and 2:30 hours after...those landing...anyway, Air France's Airbus A320 was very nice, with signs in Bulgarian all over, I liked this...but the landing....OMFG! I've never seen that before!!!



BGRS,

You have never flown through Heathrow to see that is really called "shitty organization" and long lines. Also, once your flight is delayed, you miss your slot for take off and at busier airports you have to wait for the next open slot. Leaving JFK in NYC is a nighmare and my flights always have to wait on the runway for up to 1.5 hours to take off. Unfortunately, your experience is pretty common for the major airports. Last time, a month ago, I had to sleep at the airport in Washington DC because the last shuttle to NY was already gone.

Flying used to be an experience and people used to dress up for it. Now you get bummed around and passengers wear their workout outfits. What can I tell you?:ohno:

^^ :D subtle way of saying "stop bitching"? jk :cheers:

Yeah, if you miss your expected TO time, you lose your spot at major airports. That's normal ATC procedures, bgrs... it happens cause of the heavy traffic. :(

And speaking of outfits onboard the aircraft, check out this video! Idiots from Southwest!:bash:
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^^ Too revealing indeed :nuts: . But I would have got her to sit on my lap instead ... :banana:

It is a bit revealing, but she wears panties, so...:nuts: And seriously now, you wouldn't be able to see up her skirt even if you wanted to, cause the seat would be in front of her legs. The guys from Southwest were just dumbasses...:bash:

Bunch of idiots. If it was too revealing (do not think so :banana: ) do what they do in churches/temples - give her a blanket or smth ... not get her of the plane :lol: :ohno: :nuts: :bash:

You guys are not very familiar with the American society! This is a conservative society! Surprise!

Isn't this the same society that came up with the Hooters chain of restaurants? :lol: I rest my case... :lol:

This year, the historic (built in 1950) Budapest Ferihegy Airport Terminal 1 has earned the Europa Nostra Heritage Award for preserving its history during recent renovation.

Article in Hungarian (with a full picture gallery):
http://epiteszforum.hu/hu/node/5375?q=node/5458

The pictures (see larger versions in the aforementioned article):

http://epiteszforum.hu/files/imagelist/150_800_xdjp68_2.jpg

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-Ataman

Yeah, if you miss your expected TO time, you lose your spot at major airports. That's normal ATC procedures, bgrs... it happens cause of the heavy traffic. :(

And speaking of outfits onboard the aircraft, check out this video! Idiots from Southwest!:bash:
u_eiABs0rMk

I saw this show when I was getting ready to go to work about two weeks ago. America is fucked up that way.

Just to give you an example: my old boss told me that his wife would not let him drink beer in front of his kids, all under 10 years of age, so that we would not influence them adversely. The poor guy had to wait for the wife to put the kids to sleep, so he could have a beer after a long day at work. Way fucked up is what I say!!!

Advice - do not get married (NEVER) :D

OR... try marrying a WOMAN, not some mobile nagging & brainless machine. :lol: But you are forgeting that the girl, her mother and the TV presentor are all from the US too... so it's just a matter of people vs. very stupid people, I think. :) Ok... back on topic... I'll shut up. :lol:

That girl is from my home city, in fact she looks almost identical as this chick from Gaslamp Hooters that i know.:yes:
Maybe i'll get a chance to see her in the streets one of these days. I'll "appologise" to her on behalf of Southwest;)

Poland rocks :)

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buehehhehehehehe !! ;)

A nice shot with Sofia's old terminal in the background:
http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s17/AntonyCole/SofiaAN12.jpg