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The presentation of Terminal A has taken place at Sheremetyevo airport
Thursday December 29, 2011 14:09 MSK / Roman Gusarov
The presentation of new specialized Terminal A, intended for servicing the passengers of business aviation, has taken place at Sheremetyevo airport on December 21st 2011. The completion of Terminal’s construction is the important milestone in the network of creation of Business Aviation Center in Sheremetyevo.

 

The architectural planning of the Terminal’s building meets the most sophisticated requirements and allows provision of high-quality services to the customers. The spacious halls allow passengers to spend their time at the airport and pass departure formalities with maximum comfort. The new Terminal is also friendly to the airport’s staff and representatives of other enterprises working in Sheremetyevo. The highest level of comfort and aviation security at Terminal A are provided by using the state-of-the-art technologies and meeting the standards used for construction of FBO facilities.Besides the staff of Avia Group (the managing company), the border monitoring, customs, phytosanitary control and veterinary checks services are located at the Terminal A along with Aviation Security Service. The mechanism of public-private partnership has been fully implemented for the first time during the construction of Terminal’s customs area. The passengers have a spacious holding room, 2 VIP waiting rooms, 2 VIP conference rooms, conference hall, bar with an eye to the runway, duty-free shop, Wi-Fi Internet access and guarded parking at their disposal. The helicopter pad will be constructed near the Terminal soon. The total area of Terminal A is 2700 square meters. The Terminal’s capacity is 75 thousand passengers per year. It should increase the passenger traffic of business aviation at Sheremetyevo airport by half.

 

Besides the new Terminal, new hangars for maintenance and storage of aircraft have been constructed in the network of first stage of Business Aviation Center’s creation in Sheremetyevo international airport to meet the increasing demand for short-term and long-term apron. Two advanced hangars with a total area of 15 thousand square meters and tarmacs with an area of 23 thousand square meters for maintenance and storage of business jets have already been put into operation. Vast hangar areas and state-of-the-art material and technical basis allow Avia Group to provide the full range of maintenance and overhaul services for Russian and foreign business jets. The hangars are equipped with advanced heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, electrical facilities, lighting, lightning protection and protective earthing; automatic fire fighting, communications, radio warning and video monitoring systems; burglar and fire alarm; water supply and sewage.

Avia Group is the subsidiary of Sheremetyevo International Airport, created in 2006. The company is responsible for development of business aviation ground infrastructure at Sheremetyevo international airport. It provides full range of services in the area of organizational support of flights. The main kinds of Avia Group’s handling services are: flight support (coordination of flight plan); obtaining of flight approvals from Russian and foreign aviation authorities for performance of domestic and international flights by Russian and foreign carriers; organization of aircraft maintenance for Russian and foreign airlines at the landing airports (airports of departure); tracking of aircraft; provision of complete spectrum of ground services at the Sheremetyevo airport (surface movement control, towage, preheating, ground power, cleaning of the cabin, air conditioning and watering); hangar arrangement of the aircraft. Avia Group has the highly professional personnel and provides the highest quality of services to its customers.