BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18. The modernization of Uzbekistan's Samarkand International Airport is completed in 2022, Deputy General Director for Communications of Uzbek Air Marakanda LLC Maria Sharavina told Trend.
"The project for the construction of a new airport terminal worth more than $80 million and was implemented through a public-private partnership agreement between Air Marakanda and Uzbekistan Airports JSC," Sharavina said.
According to her, the construction work was carried out by Enter Engineering, the leading Uzbek EPC contractor, based on the architectural solution of the Turkish Kiklop design and engineering company.
Sharavina noted that the new terminal, built according to international standards, taking into account the requirements for servicing passengers with limited mobility, allows increasing the number of regular flights from 40 to 120 per week, and the annual passenger flow to 2 million people.
"The new terminal includes 29 check-in counters, 8 boarding gates, 4 airstairs, 10 passport control booths and 6 E-gates for departing passengers, as well as 15 passport control booths for arriving passengers. The completely renovated airfield complex includes a new runway 3,105 meters long and 65 meters wide, 24 aircraft parking spaces and 4 taxiways," Sharavina said.
Air Marakanda is an airport management company, specializing in the provision of services for the maintenance of airlines, passengers, baggage, air transportation and cargo handling, and facilitating technical and commercial aircraft maintenance.