Kaunas is the second largest passenger airport in the country with 18 percent market share increase in 3 years time, accounting for 400 thousand passengers in 2007. Besides, Kaunas Airport is the leader in the country according to the volume of handed cargo, taking 58 percent of Lithuania’s air cargo market with annual turnaround of nearly 7 thousand tonnes. The sustainable development trend is continuous this year as well.
To facilitate the growth of passenger and cargo volumes, we are working on the infrastructure development. We have already upgraded the safety and security concerned elements:
- Modernised the runway light system - one of the most modern in the Baltics;
- Implemented aviation safety and security measures;
- Expanded the noise control and monitoring system;
- A new passenger terminal has been built.
The building (3 floors, 7300 square meters) was designed to handle up to 800 thousand passengers a year. It is a remarkable step towards sustainable development if compared to the old one of 2000 square meters building, which reached its maximum capacity in 2006 due to natural growth of the demand of travelling by air. Further terminal extension is planned up to 15000 square meters with 3 ml annual throughput. First phase of terminal expansion was finished on 31st of March 2008. The facilities offer a whole range of services for travellers’ convenience: bars and restaurant, shopping area, tourist information centre, VIP zone.
The main task given to the architects - to design a simple and easy terminal, understandable for everybody and still holding some charming elements - to have a small local piece of art. Original architectural ideas were realized in the exterior of the building with modern combination of glass and concrete inside.
Presently Kaunas Airport is expanding its services and welcomes private local and foreign direct investments for development of the infrastructure projects on site.
The airport covers over 500 hectares of land with all the necessary communications in place to construct:
- cargo terminal
- aircraft MRO centre
- hotel, office building, conference and training centre, shopping mall
The mission of Kaunas Airport – to be a competitive airport in Eastern Europe, providing the services, meeting clients’ needs.
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