April 17, 2007

The new terminal's capacity will be of up to 1.5 thousand people an hour, it will be equipped with 24 air bridges and will serve international flights.

The festive ceremony and laying of a memorial capsule in the foundations of the new terminal building took place at Almaty International Aiport.

"After commissioning in 2010 the terminal will serve more than 2 million passengers and in 2015 after expansion it will double that capacity and then in 2020 the flow will be increased to 8 million passengers. With the beginning of the construction we will provide maintenance of both passenger conveyance and trucking industry",
Mayor of Almaty Imangali Tasmagambetov said at the ceremony opening.

Allen Kuanon, French Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RK, and ADPi top managers and project designers greeted the guests.

Alexander Gordeyev, first Vice President, Almaty International Airport said:
"The terminal has been designed to international standards according to passenger-servicing and flight safety. We provide the most comfortable conditions with a wide range of business-hall choice and VIP-service."

A well-developed Airport-City infrastructure complex including hotels, business centres, exhibition pavilions, conference-halls, shops and movie theatres is to be built in the precinct of the terminal.