“Building an international terminal today, when the intensity of international relations has changed, is difficult to pay off. We met with the leadership of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic, VEB.RF, the investor, discussed this issue and made an unambiguous decision: we will continue to support the construction of the Khabarovsk airport international terminal. In any case everything will recover, normal international economic relations will resume, we will keep working. I have no doubt in my mind that we should continue and finish this project. Frozen public assets are something we cannot accept,” Yury Trutnev said.
The new passenger terminal is part of the second phase of Khabarovsk Airport’s passenger terminal infrastructure development. Construction is being carried out by Khabarovsk International Air Terminal (a subsidiary of JSC Khabarovsk Airport). Total investments in the construction of the 20,500 sq.m terminal will amount to RUB 5.2 billion, of which RUB 1.6 billion are the investor’s own funds, RUB 3.1 billion are credit funds from VEB.RF and VEB.DV, another RUB 0.5 billion are the cost of equipping the air checkpoint from the federal budget. The project has been approved by the governmental commission for transport and is recognized as a priority by the Governmental Commission on the Social and Economic Development of the Far East.
“The international airlines terminal is a crucial facility. It is Russia’s gateway to the East. The fact that Western countries have imposed treacherous sanctions on our country, restricting the movement of people and goods, shows that they are shooting themselves in the foot. But Europe and the US are not the whole world. All activity is moving to the Asia-Pacific Region,” Mikhail Degtyarev, Governor of Khabarovsk Region, noted.
The new terminal will form part of a single airport terminal complex and will be integrated with the existing passenger terminal building of Khabarovsk Airport domestic airlines. The capacity of the new terminal will allow it to handle up to 1 million international passengers annually, in line with modern standards.
The terminal will be equipped with 2 jet bridges, 7 elevators for different purposes, 6 escalators, 2 levels of automated baggage handling and 11 check-in desks. Particular attention in the design is given to compliance with Accessible Environment conditions.
Construction is proceeding according to the approved plan. The overall construction readiness of the facility is 25%: all driven and bored piles have been loaded, the foundation and reinforced concrete structures are complete, the steel structures of the building frame are being assembled, the internal brick partition walls and the utility systems are being installed.
Konstantin Basyuk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Khabarovsk Airport, clarified: “The project is fully supplied with construction materials, and we and the project partners are working together to solve the logistics and supply issues arising from changes in the geopolitical situation and restrictions imposed on our country. We hope that with the support of the federal and regional authorities, especially in terms of synchronizing the deadlines for the checkpoint and the terminal, we will be able to successfully complete the construction of the terminal with minimal deviations from the planned financial and time targets.”
It should be noted that a new domestic airline terminal at Khabarovsk International Airport named after G.I. Nevelskoy was opened in 2019. The new airport terminal complex was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the fifth anniversary of the Eastern Economic Forum. The project was implemented with the participation of the Far East and Arctic Development Fund.
