Cluj International Airport to be expanded to cope with high passenger numbers

The expansion of the passenger terminal and the aircraft parking area at Cluj Napoca (Kolozsvár) International Airport will be carried out to cope with the high number of passengers and the increasing number of flights, with an investment of RON 365 million (HUF 28 billion, EUR 74 million), of which RON 129 million (HUF 9.8 billion, EUR 26.1 million) will be financed by the EU, the management of Cluj Napoca Avram Iancu International Airport said in a statement on Monday.

Transylvania’s largest and Romania’s second largest airport has been facing congestion problems for years. Now, the passenger terminal for departing foreign flights will be increased by 7,200 square metres, two new boarding gates will be opened and the parking area for planes will be increased by 9,000 square metres. At the same time, a new gate will be opened for domestic departures, which have also increased recently.

The current expansion is a temporary solution, with the airport management planning to build a new passenger terminal in the longer term, the Monitorul de Cluj news portal quoted airport director David Ciceo as saying.