Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev inspected the work of the new building of the airport complex at the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky International Airport (Elizovo).
"The main thing is that people like the new terminal, that it is convenient, that it helps increase the tourist flow to the wonderful territory of Kamchatka. Some things need to be finished, but the terminal is working. It was a difficult, long and expensive construction, but the finish, in my opinion, turned out beautiful. We argued for a long time during the construction. The investor said that he wanted to build the most beautiful airport in Russia, but it was important that the construction be carried out with private funds, and not at the expense of the federal budget. In the end, the construction was completed. People are using the finished airport complex," said Yuri Trutnev.
The construction of the new airport complex began in December 2020. The first flights in the new building were received by the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo) airport on March 31 of this year. The new terminal increased the capacity of the airport, which made it possible to expand the geography of flights and increase the airport's passenger flow. Since the start of its work, the new terminal has received 126 flights and served more than 27.3 thousand passengers.