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Khabarovsk International Air Terminal will start servicing its first passengers in March 2025. Construction of the passenger terminal of international airlines began in September 2021, and at the moment the object is ready for more than 85%. This was reported to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during his trip to the Far East and inspection of the Nevelsky Airport in Khabarovsk on 22 July.

The new terminal has an area of 20 thousand square metres and is designed to handle up to one million passengers per year. The installation of technological equipment, escalators, telescopic gangways and lifts has already been completed at the facility. At the moment, interior finishing and landscaping of the outdoor area is underway.

“We together with the media have memorised: March 2025. We will memorise all the dates and look carefully,” the head of the government reacted after listening to the report.

The international terminal will be integrated with the domestic terminal, allowing passengers to move easily between the two in the sterile and common areas of the air terminals. The terminal will be equipped with two levels of automated baggage handling and 11 check-in counters. Mishustin emphasised that the Khabarovsk airport terminal will become the largest in the Far East after completion.

Khabarovsk International Airport named after G.I. Nevelsky is one of the largest air hubs in the Far Eastern Federal District. In 2023, the airport served more than 2 million 263 thousand passengers. Regular and charter flights are available from the airport to more than 40 destinations in central Russia and regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. In addition, socially important flights to hard-to-reach settlements in the region, as well as international flights are operated from the airport.

In the first half of 2024, passenger traffic at Khabarovsk Airport increased by 12% compared to the same period in 2023. The airport served 1,102,495 passengers, with the main increase in passenger traffic recorded in June, when 234,000 people passed through the air harbour. Domestic Russian flights remain the most popular, with 988,488 people served on these routes, up 7% year-on-year. Flights to Moscow, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok remain the most popular destinations.