TPS Avia Company of Arkady Rotenberg, Aleksandr Ponomarenko and Aleksandr Skorobogat`ko can become the controlling shareholder of Sheremetyevo Airport. Previously, the company won a tender for selection of an investor for the northern terminal complex of the airport (former Sheremetyevo-1 and adjacent terminals). This will happen in the case of consolidation of Sheremetyevo assets that should be carried out by Rosimuschestvo by the order of Vladimir Putin prior to the privatization of the airport`s government stake.
Thus, all three major Moscow airports will become private, although the idea of joining them under state control has been discussed recently. TPS Avia won the tender for selection of an investor for the northern zone of Sheremetyevo in late September. The project involves the construction of a new Terminal B for 15 million passengers a year, a freight terminal, the third fueling station and a tunnel that will connect the northern and the southern (terminals D, E and F) zones of the airport. In order to do this, TPS and International Sheremetyevo Airport should establish two joint ventures.
Sheremetyevo International Airport is an international airport located in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 29 km northwest of central Moscow. It is a hub for passenger operations of the Russian international airline Aeroflot, and is one of the three major airports that serve Moscow, along with Domodedovo International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. It is now the second-largest airport in Russia, after Domodedovo. In 2012, the airport handled 26,188,000 passengers and 228,868 aircraft movements.
Sheremetyevo International Airport currently has four operating passenger terminals and one special terminal reserved for the use of private and business aviation. The airport's terminals are divided into two groups based on geographical location: the north and south terminal areas. The two terminal areas are linked by regular internal and external bus services.
Author: Anna Dorozhkina