Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport

Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav, IATA: GHV,[3] ICAO: LRBV) is an airport development project located in Ghimbav, near Brașov, Romania, right by the future A3 motorway. It is the first airport to be built in post-communist Romania,[4] and the 17th commercial airport in the country. Flights are expected to commence on 15 June 2023.[5]

Brașov-Ghimbav
International Airport

Aeroportul Internațional
Brașov-Ghimbav
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorBrașov County Council
ServesBrașov
LocationGhimbav, Brașov County
Opened15 June 2023 (planned)
Hub forDan Air
Elevation AMSL1,740 ft / 530 m
Coordinates45°42′06″N 25°31′12″E
Websitebrasovairport.ro
Map
Brașov-GhimbavInternational Airport is located in Romania
Brașov-GhimbavInternational Airport
Brașov-Ghimbav
International Airport
Location within Romania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,820 9,252 Concrete[1][2]

History

Construction

The project has been widely supported by the local population and some businesses in the area have announced plans to switch to air freight services. It is expected that the airport will create 4,000 jobs and reach 1 million passengers in 8 years, with a further 6,000 jobs being generated indirectly. Planned costs of the project were estimated at €87 million.[6]

In 2006, the Romanian State Domain Agency transferred 110 hectares of land to Brașov County. Intelcan Canada was to develop and build the airport in coordination with Brașov, Harghita, and Covasna counties as well as the Ghimbav city. The airport's charter was officially signed on 14 November 2005. Intelcan inaugurated the construction of the airport on 15 April 2008.[7] The initial target for completion was twenty-four to thirty months. However, due to legal matters and a lack of funds, the construction works had stopped and Intelcan left the project, being replaced by the local authorities.

On 18 November 2012, the Brașov County authorities signed a €12.7 million (VAT excluded) contract with Vectra Service, a local construction company, for building the runway.[8] Eventually, construction of the airport restarted in April 2013 with the works at the 2,820 m (9,252 ft) runway.[6][9][2] On 3 October 2014, the runway was officially inaugurated.[2]

The contract for the construction of the main terminal building, with a total area of 11,780 m2 (126,800 sq ft), was awarded to the Romanian contractor Bog'Art Bucharest and was signed on 21 August 2019.[10] Construction works for the passenger terminal started on 17 March 2020[11] and were completed by March 2021.[12][13]

Air traffic control will be provided by a remote virtual tower operated from 400 km (250 mi) away, at Arad International Airport.[14][15][16]

Transport

The national railway carrier CFR announced a feasibility study for the construction of an 8-km rail connection from the airport to the Brașov railway station.[17] The study was contracted in September 2020 and the rail line will be financed from the Next Generation EU recovery fund. The total cost of this investment was estimated at €300 million.[18]

Preparations for launch

Interest has been shown by airlines from several European countries,[19][20][21][20] as well as domestic airlines,[22][23][24][25] and the first charter flights from the airport were announced in December 2022,[26][27] with regular flights announcements following in March and April the next year.[28][29] They are set to begin in June 2023.

In April 2023, the head of the Brașov County Council and the prefect of the Brașov County met with the mayor of Nogent-sur-Marne, and talked about a possible Brașov – Paris-Orly flight which may begin in late 2023.[30]

In the first year of operations, the airport is expected to service 300,000 passengers.[31]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines will operate flights at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Heraklion (begins 16 June 2023)[27]
Animawings Seasonal charter: Antalya (begins 16 June 2023)[26]
Dan Air[28] Barcelona (begins 20 June 2023), Brussels (begins 21 June 2023), London–Gatwick (begins 16 June 2023), Munich (begins 17 June 2023), Nuremberg (begins 15 June 2023), Stuttgart (begins 15 June 2023)[32]
HiSky Seasonal charter: Antalya (begins 17 June 2023)[33]
Wizz Air Dortmund (begins 2 September 2023),[29] London–Luton (begins 2 August 2023)[29]

See also

References
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