Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport ( ro, Aeroportul Internațional Brașov-Ghimbav) (
ICAO
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: LROV) is an airport development project located in
Ghimbav, near
Brașov,
Romania, right by the future
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. It is the first airport to be built in post-communist
Romania, and the 17th
commercial airport in the country. Flights are expected to commence in 16 June 2023.
History
The project is 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 are estimated at
€87 million.
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
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counties as well as Ghimbav city. The airport's charter was officially signed on 14 November 2005. Intelcan inaugurated the construction of the airport on 15 April 2008. 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. Eventually, construction of the airport restarted in April 2013 with the works at the runway.
[ On 3 October 2014, the runway was officially inaugurated.]Lufthansa
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), Poland (LOT Polish Airlines
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), Turkey ( Turkish Airlines), Hungary ( Wizz Air), and Israel ( El Al), but also from internal operators, from Constanța
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(Blue Air
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) and Bucharest ( Air Bucharest).
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines will operate flights at Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport:
See also
* Aviation in Romania
* Transport in Romania
References
External links
"Brasov County Council official website". 2020.
Project's website
Brașov City Council. "General Information on Brașov International Airport". August 30, 2006. (archived)
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Proposed airports
Proposed transport infrastructure in Romania