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Apr 23, 2010 (newstodate): Plans to modernize Tatarstan's Kazan International Airport have again been confirmed - and delayed.
Already in 2008, Tatarstan's government approved the plan by Bulgarian company Chimimport that won the tender in June for modernization of Kazan International Airport.
The initial plan comprised two stages - the first stage till the end of 2010 would bring the airport's handling capacity to two million passengers, while the second, expiring by March 2013, would bring capacity to five million passengers.
Plans now comprises three stages.
In the first stage, the construction of a new terminal with an annual capacity of 1.2 million passengers, is to be completed by October 2011.
In the second stage, the existing terminal will be demolished to give way to a new terminal to be completed in 2013, bringing the total handling capacity to four mio passengers per year.
A third stage envisages the construction of yet another terminal as warranted by future growth in passenger volumes.
In the plans is also the construction of a 3,400 m long and 60 m wide runway.
Already in 2008, Tatarstan's government approved the plan by Bulgarian company Chimimport that won the tender in June for modernization of Kazan International Airport.
The initial plan comprised two stages - the first stage till the end of 2010 would bring the airport's handling capacity to two million passengers, while the second, expiring by March 2013, would bring capacity to five million passengers.
Plans now comprises three stages.
In the first stage, the construction of a new terminal with an annual capacity of 1.2 million passengers, is to be completed by October 2011.
In the second stage, the existing terminal will be demolished to give way to a new terminal to be completed in 2013, bringing the total handling capacity to four mio passengers per year.
A third stage envisages the construction of yet another terminal as warranted by future growth in passenger volumes.
In the plans is also the construction of a 3,400 m long and 60 m wide runway.