International Airport Irkutsk
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The Irkutsk airport is the international airport of the Russian city of Irkutsk. It is located about 4 km east of the center on the outskirts of Irkutsk.
The modernization of the domestic terminal of the airport was completed on 10 April 2009.
Further development
Discussions will continue the construction of a new airport 25 km north- west of Irkutsk near the village Poznjakovo (Russian Позняково ). Construction of the new airport was planned for 2010, and the airport should be operational by 2015. The competent national authority FGU Glavgosexpertiza (Russian ФГУ " Главгосэкспертиза ") rejected the construction of the plant at this location due to topographical, climatic (heavy fog) and financial concerns so far from ..
History
The history of the airport begins in June 1925 with a stopover of several machines on the way from Moscow to Beijing. In 1928, the first mail and passenger flights were taken from Irkutsk. 1932 were taken to Vladivostok flights from Moscow via Irkutsk. 1954 the airport the status of an international airport has been awarded. 1956 landed the first passenger of Tu- 104. From 1975 aircraft of type TU -154 were handled at the Irkutsk airport. In 1992, the airport and the airline operating from Irkutsk were organized separately. Since 2004 the airport for landings of category 1 is permitted. 2005 was made between the airports Irkutsk, Munich, Ulaanbaatar and Shenyang an agreement for Transit Transport Cooperation between Europe and Asia. In 2007, more than 1 million passengers were handled at the Irkutsk airport.
Airlines and destinations
The Irkutsk airport is, inter alia, served by the airlines Aeroflot, Angara Airlines, Interavia Airlines, Mongolian Airlines, S7 Airlines, Ural Airlines, UTair, VIM Airlines, Vladivostok Avia.
From Irkutsk are, inter alia, the three major Moscow airports, Khabarovsk, Yekaterinburg, airport Yemelyanovo served ( in Krasnoyarsk ), Novosibirsk and Vladivostok domestically. Abroad are, inter alia, Bangkok in Thailand, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia and Shenyang, Beijing served in China.
Incidents
At this point, only the events from the year 2000 are listed.
- On 4 July 2001 a crashed Tu -154 Vladivostok Avia XF Flight 352 on landing approach. She fell about 30 km from the airport at the third landing attempt from. The plane was en route from Yekaterinburg to Vladivostok and should stop over at a scheduled refueling stop. All 145 people on board were killed.
- On July 9, 2006 Airbus A310 -324 S7 Airlines, Flight S7 778, coming from Moscow crashed on landing. The machine shot at high speed across the runway, crashed into a concrete wall and into a building, where it burst into flames. 124 of a total of 195 passengers and crew members died.