Sochi Airport closes in on 3 million pax in 2014
Huge sporting events like the Olympics are often used to showcase the country and city involved. Indirectly, the city’s airport stand to benefit from a huge spike in activity over the duration of the event - although not all do, as proven by Brazil’s airports during the recent World Cup. Counterbalancing this increased activity, the serving airports may well have had to spend significant sums in ‘preparing’ the facilities for the influx of passengers. Sochi/Adler Airport’s new terminal was the first piece of Olympics infrastructure to open in readiness for the sporting event earlier this year, and costed $200 million.
Looking at the traffic figures for the period of January to March 2014, this expenditure was clearly necessary, as Sochi experienced 39%, 200% and 33% respective growth in monthly figures over this period. While the rest of 2014 has not been up to this level, each month (April-September) has still managed to deliver double-digit growth. Combining these two factors, anna.aero forecasts that the airport should be on course to get close to, and even possibly surpass, the three million passenger milestone for the first time.
More information http://www.anna.aero/2014/11/26/sochiadler-closes-in-on-3m-for-first-time-in-2014/
Looking at the traffic figures for the period of January to March 2014, this expenditure was clearly necessary, as Sochi experienced 39%, 200% and 33% respective growth in monthly figures over this period. While the rest of 2014 has not been up to this level, each month (April-September) has still managed to deliver double-digit growth. Combining these two factors, anna.aero forecasts that the airport should be on course to get close to, and even possibly surpass, the three million passenger milestone for the first time.
More information http://www.anna.aero/2014/11/26/sochiadler-closes-in-on-3m-for-first-time-in-2014/