Russian aviation. Sheremetyevo Airport will have a third runway No money, but you’re holding on
July 8, 2019
The third runway is scheduled to be put into operation on September 1. First Deputy General Director for Production of Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC Andrey Nikulin spoke about this.
“The deadline that was given to us by the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Air Transport Agency is September 1,” Nikulin said.
The third runway will increase the airfield's capacity from 55 to 90 takeoff and landing operations (ATO) per hour. In addition, the Runway-3 hangar complex with an aviation technical base will be put into operation in 2020. The complex is planned to include at least seven hangars for servicing aircraft of partner airlines, parking for special ground service equipment and airfield services.
April 30, 2019
The flight readiness of the third runway (Runway-3) at Sheremetyevo Airport will take place after May 20, and full construction readiness is scheduled for July 1, 2019. This became known during an on-site joint meeting at the Runway-3 construction site, which took place on April 30, 2019.
January 11, 2019
The use of the new, third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport will be carried out without any restrictions. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.
January 11, 2019
After commissioning, the third runway of Sheremetyevo Airport will accept night flights in a limited manner. This is stated in the explanatory note to the draft amendments of the Ministry of Transport to the Urban Planning Code of the Russian Federation, which concerns the procedure for establishing airfield territories in Russia. The project was published on the official portal of draft regulatory legal acts regulation.gov.ru.
Restrictions on takeoff/landing at night are introduced due to the proximity of populated areas. “The location of the strip near the large settlements of Lobnya (5 km), Skhodnya (3 km), Zelenograd (5 km) will not allow its full use - due to high levels of aircraft noise, the number of flights at night will have to be limited,” it says explanatory note of the Ministry of Transport.
On the same day, the Ministry of Transport disavowed the meaning of the explanatory note. The use of the new, third runway at Sheremetyevo airport will be carried out without any restrictions, the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reported.
“The Ministry of Transport does not agree with the wording of some media regarding the use of the third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport. Its operation will be carried out without any restrictions thanks to the use of measures to reduce aircraft noise. This will be achieved through the introduction of new technologies for air traffic services, including procedures maneuvering in the area of the airfield, these technologies provide for precise adherence to specified flight trajectories - the aircraft flies exactly according to the established pattern, without deviations, including over residential buildings,” the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
January 10, 2019
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened a case against the companies PJSC Transstroymekhanizatsiya and CJSC Trest Kamdorstroy, which formed a cartel during the construction of runways at several airports, including Sheremetyevo. According to preliminary data from the FAS, the cartel's income amounted to more than 25 billion rubles. - these are 6-7 airports that fell into the scope of consideration. “Today this is the largest case in the construction industry,” said Andrey Tenishev, head of the FAS anti-cartel department.
December 25, 2018
Runway 3 at Sheremetyevo Airport will begin operation in April 2019, said airport general director Mikhail Vasilenko. “The third runway will be commissioned and will begin operating on April 4, 2019,” he said
November 30, 2018
The Board of Directors of JSC "MASH" approved the schedule for putting Terminal C into commercial operation (stage No. 1) and a new version of the schedule for the implementation of the project for reconstruction of the parking lot of Terminal C. The architectural and functional concept of the railway terminal was approved in a unified style solution of the Northern Terminal Complex (NTC) ). The Board of Directors reviewed and adopted the master plan for the development of Sheremetyevo International Airport until 2024. As part of the master plan, the following will be put into operation in 2019: 1) a third independent runway (Runway-3), which will increase the airfield’s capacity from 55 to 90 takeoff and landing operations per hour; 2) Terminal C (stage No. 1) with a capacity of 20 million passengers annually with multi-level parking for 2,500 cars.
October 30, 2018
The third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport may become operational in March 2019, head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko told reporters. Initially, it was planned to put the new runway into operation by the beginning of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
June 27, 2018
The head of the Ministry of Transport, Evgeniy Dietrich, said that the construction of Runway-3, according to the department’s calculations, will be completed before the end of this year, but “the issue is not easy.” “We are working to ensure that the task is resolved by November-December. Now it is quite difficult to predict how the situation will be resolved: there is a difficult situation with the registration of land plots, there are a number of problems that we are currently solving. But we will do everything possible to finish in this year," the minister assured.
June 07, 2018
The inter-terminal passage (ITC) under the airfield between Sheremetyevo-1 and Sheremetyevo-2 was put into operation. The ITC includes passenger and baggage underground tunnels, each 1936 meters long, directly connecting the group of terminals D, E and F - Sheremetyevo-2 with the new Terminal B - Sheremetyevo-1. The inner diameter of the tunnels is 5.4 m, the outer diameter is 6 m, the distance between the tunnels is 16 m.
June 03, 2018
In preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, construction was completed and passenger Terminal B with an area of 110,500 sq. m. was put into operation. m with a capacity of 20 million passengers per year
April 05, 2018
Runway 3 at Sheremetyevo Airport will not be built in time for the 2018 World Cup - this follows from the report of the Federal Air Transport Agency, which it presented at an interdepartmental meeting with Deputy Minister of Transport Alexander Yurchik on March 6.
October 13, 2017
FSUE "Administration of Civil Airports (Aerodromes)" (FSUE "AGA(a)") carried out another purchase from the only supplier for the construction of the third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport. The cost of work exceeds 3.2 billion rubles. The contract must be completed within 411 calendar days from the date of conclusion. As of September 2017, the overall readiness of the facility was close to 50%, commissioning is scheduled for May 2018.
June 23, 2017
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government order to allocate a land plot of 200 thousand square meters for the construction of Runway 3 at Sheremetyevo. He stated this at a government meeting on the preparation of the Moscow Aviation Hub (MAH) for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The master plan for the development of Sheremetyevo until 2026 involves investments in the amount of 202.1 billion rubles, follows from the airport’s materials for the government meeting on the development of the Moscow air hub in preparation for the 2018 World Cup. It is planned to allocate 55 billion rubles from the federal budget for the construction of the third runway (RWY-3). Sheremetyevo's investments in the reconstruction of the airport will amount to 147.1 billion rubles. Including:
- terminal D - 19 billion rubles,
- terminal C - 19.9 billion rubles,
- terminal S-2 - 9.7 billion rubles,
- terminal F - 12.5 billion rubles,
- passenger and baggage tunnels - 17.1 billion rubles,
- fuel refueling complex - 8.5 billion rubles,
- cargo complex (two stages) - 9 billion rubles,
- office buildings - 9 billion rubles,
- investments in airfield infrastructure (in case of concluding concession agreements) - 26 billion rubles,
- parking lots (B, C, C-2) - 2.8 billion rubles,
- technical re-equipment - 10.3 billion rubles,
- engineering networks - 5.8 billion rubles,
- IT technologies - 2 billion rubles,
- aviation security - 1.7 billion rubles.
By 2018, six infrastructure projects will be introduced: a new terminal B (capacity - 20 million passengers per year), passenger and baggage tunnels connecting the southern and northern zones of the airport, a cargo terminal, a fuel filling complex, runway 3, and the reconstruction of Starosheretevo highway . By 2026, passenger traffic is expected to increase to 80 million people.
June 19, 2017
The government will involve the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Corporation for Air Traffic Management" (GC for ATM) in financing the construction of the third runway (RWY-3) at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. The company will receive the functions of the customer-developer of the new runway-3. 7.7 billion rubles will be allocated from the Civil Code's own funds for ATM, including 3.2 billion rubles in 2017, 3.5 billion rubles in 2018 and another 1 billion rubles in 2019.
At the end of 2016, the airport faced a shortage of funds for the reconstruction and construction of all federally owned Sheremetyevo facilities; there was a shortage of 19 billion rubles, of which 13 billion rubles were required for Runway-3.
February 21, 2017
The tunneling of the inter-terminal passage under the existing runways has been completed. The inter-terminal transition project includes the construction of two stations, passenger and baggage tunnels, which will unite the airport terminal complex under one “roof” and ensure prompt transportation of baggage and passengers.
January 24, 2017
The Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Government of the Moscow Region have allocated funds in the total amount of 1.4 billion rubles for the liquidation of an unauthorized landfill at the construction site of Runway-3. Despite certain difficulties, construction is progressing according to schedule, and the facility will be fully built by the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Currently, work is being carried out to install culverts, fill an embankment with sand, build a drainage network and an overpass across the Sheremetyevskoye Highway, and work is underway to lay the top layer of coating. More than 180 units are employed at the facility. equipment and over 1 thousand workers.
December 2, 2016
The construction of the third runway faced a shortage of funds - for a project worth 35.5 billion rubles. Another 13 billion rubles are required, and the total deficit for all state facilities at Sheremetyevo is 19 billion rubles. A shortage of funds arose during the construction process, “the project is being adjusted” taking into account the unresolved issues of relocating the gas pipeline and resettling villages. The Federal Air Transport Agency does not see “insoluble problems” because it “understands where to get additional funds from.” Part of the money will be transferred from other airport facilities “due to the resulting savings.” 8 billion rubles. will be redirected from other facilities, 4.5 billion rubles. will be attracted upon return of the advance payment not worked out by the contractor. At the end of November, Special Presidential Representative for Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov said that the Moscow Region, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Natural Resources will allocate 1.3 billion rubles. to eliminate the landfill on the site of Runway 3, “without going into the budget.”
December 1, 2016
Construction of Runway 3 is 30% complete. Terminal B is 35% ready. The inter-terminal passage is 45% ready. The construction readiness of the Moscow Cargo cargo complex is 42%, the fuel refueling complex is 33%. The passenger tunnel is 1000 meters long, the luggage tunnel is 500 meters long.
October 18, 2016
The third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport can be built in a truncated version - without one main track and one connecting taxiway, which were initially provided for by the project, said Alexander Ponomarenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheremetyevo International Airport JSC. According to Ponomarenko, the contract for the construction of the third runway in Sheremetyevo was concluded with the Transstroymekhanizatsiya company. “The company is working efficiently, and we believe that by the end of 2017 or the beginning of 2018 they will build the third lane. Let’s hope that we will be able to convince the government [to allocate additional funding],” Ponomarenko said. A source familiar with the airport’s plans said that we are talking about additional funding of 5 billion rubles.
Exit of the tunnel shield of the second tunnel
October 17, 2016
At Sheremetyevo Airport, work continues on the construction of the third runway and the northern terminal complex (NTC). As of mid-October 2016, the passenger tunnel of the interterminal passage was laid at 600 meters, it crossed the main taxiway, and the baggage tunnel reached 300 meters.
The following types of work are performed at the facility:
- construction of shoulders and bases of lean concrete on runway-3;
- installation of a coating of branded concrete on taxiways (RD-D, RD-E, RD-E3);
- construction of a collector made of monolithic reinforced concrete at the culverts of the Klyazma, Alba rivers and on the Klyuchi stream;
- construction of an overpass under RD-D;
- installation of a drainage network;
- excavation.
920 people involved. workers and 212 units of equipment.
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The first section of the lane for ground public transport was put into operation on the section of the International Highway from terminals F and E to terminal D of Sheremetyevo Airport. In the future, work is planned to extend the strip to the intersection with the M11 Moscow - St. Petersburg highway. The opening of a dedicated lane is one of the stages of a whole set of measures aimed at increasing the comfort of using public transport for passengers and airport guests.
September 13, 2016
A railway line from the Savyolovsky direction of the Moscow Railway will be built to the Sheremetyevo Airport STC. The connecting branch will separate from the existing tracks leading to the southern terminal and will run along the border of the Lobnensky forest park, and then along the Sheremetyevskoye highway to the northern terminal complex under construction. Its length will be about 4 km.
September 9, 2016
The Moscow region authorities have agreed on the project of a new runway (Runway-3) of the Sheremetyevo International Airport - the urban planning council of the Moscow region has approved the documentation on the planning of the territory for the construction of the new Runway-3 complex. Now the draft layout will be submitted to the Federal Air Transport Agency for approval.
Construction of Runway 3 at Sheremetyevo August 12, 2016
Since August 12, through traffic along the Perepechinskoye Highway, connecting the Leningradskoye Highway with the village of Perepechino through the construction zone of the new runway at Sheremetyevo Airport, has been closed.
July 28, 2016
On July 27, in connection with the construction of the third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport, it was planned to close the Perepechinskoye Highway. Part of the road will be dismantled, and the rest will be turned into runways and taxiways. However, the historical event never happened. You can still drive here. But the barrier supports are already being installed. Construction of the third runway and taxiways is in full swing. The Perepechinskoe highway will be closed only when the backup road is ready. This will happen no earlier than August 10, the date is not official and, as practice has already shown, changes are possible.
July 19, 2016
From July 27, 2016, it is planned to block road traffic on Perepechinskoye Highway in order to implement the project “Development of the Moscow Aviation Hub. Construction of a new runway (Runway-3) at Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow Region,” reports the Federal Air Transport Agency. Currently, the Perepechinskoye Highway crosses the future runway, as well as taxiways leading to the existing airfield. To promptly continue large-scale production work at the site, it is necessary to decommission the Perepechinskoye Highway and subsequent dismantling of the highway.
June 6, 2016
The head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Alexander Neradko, held a meeting on the construction of the third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport. Alexander Neradko noted that the project contractor Transstroymekhanizatsiya LLC, having started construction just six months ago, set a high pace of work, which, if maintained, will allow the introduction of a third runway for the 2018 World Cup.
Construction site for Runway 3 with the intersection of Perepechinskoye Highway The meeting participants discussed issues related to the implementation of the project at the current stage. Representatives of Transstroymekhanizatsiya LLC informed about the construction and installation work carried out since the beginning of the year, and also reported on the company’s readiness to significantly expand their scope. All necessary conditions have been created for this: there is the required amount of human resources, construction equipment and materials. However, the increase in construction volumes is complicated by the fact that road traffic along the Perepechinskoye Highway, which, in fact, bisects the future runway and taxiways leading to the existing airfield, is still not closed. For the speedy deployment of large-scale production work, the highway must be partially decommissioned in the very near future. This issue will be resolved at joint meetings of all stakeholders during the current month.
After commissioning, the third runway of Sheremetyevo Airport will accept night flights in a limited manner. This is stated in the explanatory note to the bill of the Ministry of Transport, which concerns the procedure for establishing airfield territories in Russia, Interfax reports.
Restrictions on takeoff/landing at night are introduced due to the proximity of populated areas. “The location of the runway near the large settlements of Lobnya (5 km), Skhodnya (3 km), Zelenograd (5 km) will not allow its full use - due to high levels of aircraft noise, the number of flights at night will have to be limited,” the agency quotes explanatory note of the Ministry of Transport, published on the portal regulation.gov.ru.
In the summer of 2017, a federal law was adopted that obligated airports to establish seven subzones with varying degrees of restrictions on use on their airfield territories (land within a radius of 30 km). In the first, the most stringent, only facilities for air traffic can be built; in the seventh, limited development is possible if the level of aircraft noise exceeds the permissible level and is harmful to health. Because land and real estate are subject to restrictions on use, the airport must pay compensation to their owners. Residents of houses that find themselves in the area of aircraft noise exceeding the permissible level will be able to demand resettlement also at the expense of airports.
In the fall of 2018, the International Airports Association reported that there are no civil aviation airports in Russia where an airfield area would be established. The main reason is that the procedure for calculating compensation for damage in connection with restrictions on the use of land and real estate has not been determined.
Previously it was planned that the launch of Runway 3 would allow the airport to increase the number of takeoff and landing operations from 55 to 90 per hour. However, due to the restrictions introduced at night, the number of malware will be less than calculated.
The third runway at Sheremetyevo has been under construction since 2009. Initially, it was planned to put it into operation by the beginning of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
In October 2018, the head of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Alexander Neradko, said that Runway-3 could start operating in March 2019. According to him, the biggest problems during the construction of the strip, which affected the timing, were associated with the relocation of gas and oil pipelines. In December, the general director of the airport, Mikhail Vasilenko, announced its opening in April 2019.
On January 10, 2019, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) opened a case against the companies PJSC Transstroymekhanizatsiya and CJSC Trest Kamdorstroy, which formed a cartel during the construction of runways at several airports, including Sheremetyevo, reports "".
According to preliminary data from the FAS, the cartel's income amounted to more than 25 billion rubles. - these are 6-7 airports that fell into the scope of consideration. “Today this is the largest case in the construction industry,” said Andrey Tenishev, head of the FAS anti-cartel department.
The Transstroymekhanizatsiya company, part of the Mostotrest group, has been the general contractor for the construction of the third Sheremetyevo runway since 2015, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation; the contract with it was estimated at 17.6 billion rubles. At the end of 2016, the airport no longer had enough funds - to continue the construction of Runway 3, it was necessary, according to various estimates, from 5 to 13 billion rubles. In June 2017, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov stated that the deficit of funds for the construction of the facility in 2018 was 7.5 billion rubles. In October 2017, Transstroymekhanizatsiya received another contract for 3.2 billion rubles.
The airport will use an architectural solution that is atypical for Russia: at the intersection of the Sheremetyevskoye Highway with the taxiway, a bridge will be built designed for aircraft traffic.
Its width will be 60 m. A protective screen 15 meters wide on each side will be built over the intersection with the highway. The bridge will be able to support all types of modern and future aircraft and their modifications.
Runway-3 is being built within the framework of the state program of the Russian Federation “Development of the transport system”. The site for the airfield complex with a new runway is located on the territory to the north-west of the existing development of the international airport.
As specified in Glavgosexpertiza of Russia, to adjustments were made to the project for lighting equipment, radio technical support for flights and meteorological equipment, the building of the command and control tower, the design of the patrol road and approaches to landing sites, the routes of main gas pipelines, the Vostok emergency rescue station, wastewater treatment plants, the reconstruction of a water pipeline with removal from construction zones, etc.
The construction of a launch control tower is also envisaged.
“The results of engineering surveys and design documentation comply with the requirements of technical regulations and others, and the design documentation corresponds to the results of engineering surveys. The reliability of determining the estimated cost of the object was also verified. Positive conclusions were issued,” the department noted.
Earlier, Glavgosexpertiza of Russia approved an updated project for the construction of terminal B at Sheremetyevo.
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Sheremetyevo airport runway
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New lanes at Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo have been under construction since 2011 and 2014, respectively, and were supposed to be commissioned in 2017 and 2016. Both facilities are included in the preparation program for the 2018 World Cup, which will be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15.
Runway-3 Sheremetyevo is the most expensive object of the program, it will cost 55.7 billion rubles, another 8.4 billion rubles. will be required to purchase land from residents for the sanitary protection zone of the strip. At the beginning of March, Runway 3 itself was only 55% ready, the readiness of the three taxiways ranged from 39% to 90%. An analysis of the situation indicates that it is impossible to complete the work within the time frame established by the 2018 World Cup program, that is, in May, the report notes.
The reasons for the delay behind the schedule, listed in the report, are as follows: the long settlement of issues related to the relocation of the gas pipeline and oil product pipeline and the registration of sites, courts with residents regarding the purchase of land for construction, and the complex geological structure of the area. In addition, the finished strip will have to be checked and certified by Rostechnadzor, so the actual date for its commissioning is September 2018. At the same time, a year ago, the Federal Air Transport Agency decided that Runway-3 would be launched for the 2018 World Cup in a truncated form, without one main and three additional taxiways, which would be completed later - in 2018-2020.
The top manager of the airport said that it would be a great success if they manage to launch Runway 3 by the end of the year. According to him, a month before the 2018 World Cup, in mid-May, all construction will have to be curtailed at the request of the FSB - facilities will begin to be prepared for receiving championship guests and security checks will be carried out.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheremetyevo Alexander Ponomarenko told Vedomosti that it is critical for the airport that Runway 3 be launched this year so that the airport can stop operating the badly worn Runway 1 and begin its repair.
The cost of constructing Runway 2 at Domodedovo is 12.85 billion rubles. The airport still has two lanes - the one under construction will replace one of the operating ones, which will become a taxiway. Runway-2 is 80% ready, but the contractor does not have funds for the work, Rosaviation reported. In 2016, Construction Management - 1 was declared bankrupt; it is difficult for it to attract working capital and receive advances from the Federal Air Transport Agency, a federal official explained to the newspaper. At the same time, it is impossible to find a new contractor with such a high degree of readiness.
The federal official noted that airports will be able to accommodate World Cup guests without these runways, and the facilities were included in the preparation program to ensure uninterrupted funding. Although it was secured, the contractors ran into problems.
The project to build a third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport will not be completed in time for the FIFA World Cup, industry sources told AviaPort. However, Sheremetyevo will cope with the transportation program during the football championship within the existing infrastructure, and the commissioning of the third runway is largely related to the need to close one of the existing runways for repairs. Therefore, the responsible persons were given a deferment until the end of the year, but this time - without the right to delay.
The third runway at Sheremetyevo Airport will definitely not be put into operation for the World Cup in Russia, four independent industry sources told AviaPort. The Federal Air Transport Agency and its subordinate Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Administration of Civil Airports (Aerodromes)” declined to comment.
The construction of Runway-3 is part of the Sheremetyevo infrastructure development project, which also includes the construction of a passenger terminal for domestic airlines (Terminal B) and a cargo terminal on the territory of the so-called northern terminal complex (STK), a fueling complex and an inter-terminal passage, which, passing under airfield, will connect the southern and northern terminal areas of the airport. “Construction work continues at the site,” reported the FSUE “AGA(A)”, which supervises the construction of the strip, on December 15. The general contractor is Transstroymekhanizatsiya (part of the Mostotrest group of companies), but it was not possible to contact a representative of the construction organization.
The construction deadlines for the strip were postponed several times. Lack of funding was cited as one of the key problems. In November, the Vedomosti newspaper, citing sources, reported that the cost of the project had increased to 64.1 billion rubles. At the same time, the source of additional funds has not yet been determined: various options are being discussed, up to the allocation of the necessary amounts through the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “State ATM Corporation” subordinate to the Federal Air Transport Agency. Judging by the statements of the head of the Ministry of Transport, Maxim Sokolov, which he made in an interview with RNS in September, this option was considered a priority.
But for high-quality air transportation during the football championship, there is no urgent need for a third lane. Sheremetyevo reported that “the airport will be able to provide the transportation program [for the World Cup] using existing runways.” According to AviaPort, under favorable weather conditions, the runways can support up to 65 takeoff and landing operations per hour, while cases have already been noted when over 60 takeoffs and landings were actually serviced per hour. But the expected increase in the number of VPOs in connection with the reception of teams and fans, the peak of which will be in mid-July, will be less than the annual increase in the number of VPOs in late August and early September, when holidaymakers return en masse from their vacation spots.
However, the commissioning of Runway-3 is much more important not for ensuring the transportation program during the World Cup in the summer of 2018, but for the closure of one of the existing runways for repairs (we are talking about Runway-1, closest to the southern zone of Sheremetyevo). AviaPort’s sources find it difficult to name the time frame for repairs: according to their estimates, with various restrictions, the runway can be in operation until the first half of 2019. The closure of Runway 1 will significantly affect the throughput of Sheremetyevo, interlocutors fear, including due to the remoteness of Runway 3 from the main aircraft parking areas, but they have not yet provided specific estimates.
However, in 2018, Runway 3 should not only be completed, but also put into operation, according to an industry source. He noted that at a recent meeting at the Ministry of Transport, responsible officials were promised serious personnel decisions if this deadline could not be met.