What is good about Vladivostok International Airport? How does he work? We will answer these and other questions in the article. The international airport Vladivostok (Knevichi) is located 38 km northeast of the metropolis of Vladivostok and 4.5 km from the city of Artyom. Here until 1993, the 145th flight team of the Far Eastern Civil Aviation Office was located. This air hub was also the main air gate of the 25th Double-Banner Red Banner Aviation Missile Carrier Division of the Pacific Fleet Air Force, with the unchanged location of the 183rd missile carrier naval regiment and the leadership of the division, as well as the Air Force Pacific Fleet aircraft repair enterprise (153rd ARZ) and 593rd transport air regiment . Owns the status of an air hub of federal significance.
Description
What is Vladivostok International Airport ? These air gates are allowed to accept all types of aircraft without restrictions. There is one cargo terminal and two passenger at the airport. The air hub owns two airfields:
- Lake keys - for helicopters and aircraft of local airlines. It is equipped with two runways with synthetic insulation 600 m and 1000 m long and 21 m wide each. Today, the airfield is used by the military; there are no scheduled flights.
- Western Knevichi - for the boards of distant and local airlines. There is a pair of runways with a decorative coating: one 60 m wide and 3,500 m long, cladding strength PCN 54 / R / B / X / T, the second - 60 m wide and 3,500 m long, PCN 52 / R / B insulation resistance / X / T (combined). Accepts all types of aircraft.
Activities
How does Vladivostok International Airport work? In 2007, its passenger traffic amounted to 924 thousand people, 1 003 718 - in 2008. For the first time in 2010, the number of transported travelers reached 1 million 263 thousand people. Of these, 263 thousand passengers used services on international airlines, 1 million 27 thousand on domestic ones.
In 2012, on November 30, one and a half million passengers were registered at this air hub. And in 2012, on December 14, an anniversary traveler of Transaero Airlines flew up from the heavenly gates of Vladivostok. The airline for the first time in its annals transported 10 million passengers per year.
APEC Summit
It is known that the Vladivostok International Airport has completed the execution of the APEC Summit Aircraft Maintenance Schedule. The project included the reception, handling service and departure of government, transport and passenger sides in 2012 from August 22 to September 10.
At the same time, a program of service of regular international and domestic flights was implemented here. In total, Vladivostok International Airport OJSC provided 894 take-off and landing operations, including 279 for the period from September 6 to 10. During the summit, the average number of take-off and landing processes per day increased from 35 to 59.
Airlines
Vladivostok International Airport provides flight schedules to its customers on a regular basis and operates routes without delay. As of December 2016, the air hub serves cargo and passenger flights of such airlines:
- Air Koryo;
- "Yakutia";
- Korean Air;
- Nordwind Airlines;
- S7 Airlines;
- Tianjin Airlines
- Vim Airlines
- "Aurora";
- "Angara";
- Aeroflot;
- Volga-Dnepr;
- China Southern Airlines;
- IrAero;
- "Russia";
- NordStar;
- Royal flight;
- Azur Air;
- Asiana Airlines;
- Uzbekistan Havo Yollari;
- Cathay Pacific;
- Ural Airlines.
Transport connection
The airport is connected to the city of Artyom by buses 107 (terminal A), 7 (terminals A and B) and 205 ml (terminal A).
The airport is connected to Vladivostok by buses 205 ML and 107.
Competition
Observing the operation of the airport, we can confidently say that Vladivostok International Airport does not plan to reduce staff. It is known that this air harbor became the winner of the contest "The best air hub for 2016 of the CIS member countries" in the nomination "Actively progressing air hub". A competition was organized by the Airport Association of Civil Aviation.
A letter of honor and a cup were presented from the president of the GA Airport alliance to the attorney of the sky pier of Primorsky Krai.
Employee skills
In order to improve the quality of tourist services, the Vladivostok Airport is constantly working to improve the qualifications of workers.
One of the events with the help of which the level of motivation and training of employees is increased is the competition of qualification skills “First in the specialty”, in which specialists from mass airport professions take part. Participants can not only reveal their potential and show excellent training, but also pass on the experience to young specialists, establish a high standard of labor features.
In 2012, in December, the first competition was organized for 19 employees of the aviation safety department. Since the beginning of 2013, three more competitions have been held - for machine operators and air transportation agents, managers of special comfort rooms and electricians. You can get to know the best employees of the Vladivostok airport by the corporate silver badge with the logo of the air harbor.
Sale
It is known that Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC sold the International Airport of Vladivostok (Knevichi) to the World Investment Consortium. It includes the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the Basic Element group, and the airport operator Changi Airports International. It is known that the Vladivostok International Airport did not change the flight schedule after these actions.
The contract included a 100% stake in Vladivostok Airport Terminal CJSC, which manages and owns the terminal building of the airport and 52.16% of Vladivostok Interethnic Air Terminal JSC. RDIF, CAI and Basic Element dispose of equal shares of shares - 33.3% each.
The agreement was signed under the supervision of Deputy Shanmugaratnam Tarman (Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore) and First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov Igor following a meeting of the Singapore-Russia intergovernmental working group. The agency’s source in the Russian delegation said that the agreement amounted to about 6 billion rubles.