Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport/Bucharest South Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Constantin Brâncuși/Aeroportul București Sud) is a proposed new facility to support the existing Otopeni Airport. In June 2018 Romania's Government adopted a strategic investment package including a proposal for construction of Bucharest Constantin Brancusi Airport/Bucharest South Airport.[3]
Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport Aeroportul Constantin Brâncuși București | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Cargo[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | South Development Group[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Bucharest, Romania | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Bucharest | ||||||||||||||
| Website | southdevelopmentgroup | ||||||||||||||
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The airport is named after Romanian artist Constantin Brâncuși, a famous Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer who made his career in France.[4] The new airport is planned to be constructed on an area of up to 600 hectares (1,500 acres), equipped with at least two terminals and have a capacity of around 30 million passengers p/a, supporting Bucharest Otopeni Airport as an alternative international airport both in terms of passenger and freight operations. Airport ground access will be provided through the new Bucharest-Alexandria-Craiova highway and new Bragadiru-Unirii Square subway station projects. The investment package is to be prepared and awarded under a public-private partnership by the National Commission for Strategy and Forecasting.[3]
History
editIn November 2019 Abu Dhabi Airports announced the signing of a MoU with South Development Group for the development of Bucharest Constantin Brâncuși Airport.[5]
Terminals
editThe airport is projected with at least 5 terminals, which are planned to be constructed in 3 phases.
Future development
editThe airport plans a second 4,000 m (13,000 ft) runway in addition to the existing 4,000 m (13,000 ft) runway.[6]
The airport targets to become an important cargo hub in Eastern Europe. The cargo terminal will be built in collaboration with Liège Airport.[6]
References
edit- ^ "South Development Group".
- ^ "SDG announces new partners for the development of the new Brancusi Airport". boardingpass.ro. 19 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Bucharest Constantin Brancusi New Airport". CAPA.
- ^ "One moment, please".
- ^ "Abu Dhabi Airports agreement South Development Group". romania-insder. 28 November 2019.
- ^ a b "When could the "Constantin Brâncuși" Airport open". ziare.com.