The new terminal of Donetsk International Airport will start servicing international flights on May 15, the press service of Infrastructure Ministry has said, referring to its head, Borys Kolesnikov.
According to him, during the Euro 2012 European football championship the terminal will service only international flights, but when the championship ends the terminal will also service domestic flights.
It is expected that in 2012 Donetsk airport will accept 1.2 million passengers, and in 2015 about four million. At the same time, Kolesnikov noted that the airport has the capacity to accept over five million passengers per year.
The minister also reported that under the UEFA requirements and standards, the airport has to service 30,000 people per day during the championship. However, it is difficult to predict how many passengers the airport will accept during the championship, as it is unknown which teams will make it through to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the tournament in Donetsk.
As reported, a new terminal of municipal enterprise Donetsk international airport was commissioned on May 14, 2012. The check-in zone has 38 check-in stands and two oversized baggage stands. The departures zone has 18 security control lines, 22 passport control cabins and five gates. The capacity of the new terminal is 3,100 passengers per hour. The airport building also includes a bus station, a three-level parking area for 605 cars, outdoor parking area for 1,004 cars and bus parking places for 20 buses.
