A Romanian investment company has unveiled plans for the new 'Bucharest South' Airport - the first entirely private Romanian gateway and the first airport built in the country for 20 years.

 

The new gateway will be built on more than 255 hectares of land, 20km south of Bucharest in Adunatii Copaceni, and will join the existing Henri Coand─â International Airport and Aurel Vlaicu International Airport in Bucharest.

A statement from Infra-Group, said: "Such an investment will contribute to the economic balance of Bucharest in relation to North-South, bringing new development perspectives for the southern metropolitan area."

According to Gheorghe Racaru, group strategy & corporate planning manager of the Infra-Group, the airport shall be designed to host generally aircrafts of type C - intended for short and average distance flights within the space of Europe, the Asiatic neighbouring countries and the Middle East.

These are generally Airbus A320 and Boeing B737 aircrafts with a capacity of between 120 and 180 passengers.

The airport will be fully equipped for passenger and luggage transportation as well as for aircraft maintenance services.

Launched on Monday 8 August, Infra-Group is now accepting prequalification documents from companies hoping to design the new international airport.

After the prequalification process, the selected applicants will be invited to tender for the contract which will ultimately be the entire design of the international airport - including a master plan, feasibility study, and appropriate permits and technical specifications for building.

Entries for the prequalification process must be completed by 19 August.