Comfortable air travel to Karelia: In Petrozavodsk opened a new airport complex
To the 100th anniversary Republic of Karelia into petrozavodsk We opened a new airport complex. The terminal complies with domestic and international standards, and can receive and send up to 300 passengers per hour.
The opening of the airport complex will allow the airport to plan the opening of new routes, and tour operators to expand the offer for Karelian air tours.
The total cost of the facility is more than 1 billion rubles. The new terminal provides 7 check-in counters, 3 pre-flight checkpoints, a representative hall, a mother and child room, a cafe. In 2019, GDP was repaired.
In 2019, Petrozavodsk Airport served 72 thousand passengers, in 2020, passenger traffic was forecast at 120 thousand people (+ 66%). Plans were adjusted by the coronavirus pandemic, but according to the estimates of the airport by the end of 2020, the air harbor will repeat the figures of last year, and in the optimistic version will reach the figure of 80 thousand people.
From the republican airport now available 6 flights a week to Moscow, 3 flights to Simferopol, twice a week you can fly to Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Sochi, Anapa. Since September, the weekly air route Cherepovets - Petrozavodsk - Arkhangelsk is resumed.
TOP-5 most popular destinations from Petrozavodsk - Moscow, Kaliningrad, Simferopol, Sochi, Anapa.
The airport plans to expand the geography of routes, the possibility of opening flights to Mineralnye Vody and Kazan is being considered.
In the list "for the future" there are directions to Belarus and Finland.
The opening of a new airport complex in Petrozavodsk will increase the flow of tourists to Karelia and improve the quality of travel. The direction is in demand all year round, the peak of demand falls on spring-summer and the first half of autumn.
So far, air transportation in the Karelian direction is not very popular among tourists, and most often they come to Karelia by train, personal vehicles or regular buses.
Source: atorus
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