Pulkovo Airport (LED/ULLI)
New routes and frequency possibilities and why these routes would work
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Great building in St Petersburg – Pulkovo Airport, the General Staff Building within the Hermitage, and a St Petersburger on the city’s main street – Nevsky Prospekt.
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St Petersburg: City of history and history in the making. The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is possibly its most photographed historical building; today the city is now also annual host and home to the powerful St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Meanwhile more history and another very important passenger at Pulkovo: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Other major reasons to serve this airport
- St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia with population of 4.6m
- The only airport in St Petersburg and the largest international airport on the North-West of Russia.
- The most successful airport in Russia after Moscow airports. Passenger traffic reached 7 .1m in 2008 (+15.2% over 2007).
- Located 15km from the city centre
- New passenger terminal able to handle 17m pax will be built by 2013; investor chosen in June 2009.
- The most visited city in Russia: 4.8 million tourists versus 3.8 for Moscow in 2007.
- City with the greatest quantity of multinational companies, including General Motors, Nissan, Toyota, Suzuki, Ford, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Microsoft, Nestlé, Gillette, IBM, Philip Morris, BAT, JTI and others.
- Venue for the St Petersburg International Economic Forum and many other international events.
The launch of Malév Pulkovo-Budapest services in March 2009. The airport operates an individual discount scheme for carriers starting regular flights to new destinations.
Marketing and other support
- Airport marketing support: individual discount scheme for carriers starting regular flights to new destinations.
- Market information: statistics and market analysis on request.
- PR support: first flight event, press conferences and activities for press, passengers and VIPs, advertising on the airport website, etc.
- Pulkovo airport has implemented an incentive programme for airlines. Carriers operating scheduled passenger flights to/from Pulkovo airport may receive bonuses:
- For opening new destinations;
- For starting or recommencing flight operations to/from Pulkovo airport;
- For frequency increase on existing routes;
- For transfer traffic increase.
More information is available on the Pulkovo airport website.
Pulkovo can justifiably claim to that it’s catchment area extends half-way towards Moscow and at least one St Petersburg citizen, Sophia Rudyeva, represents the whole nation as Miss Russia 2009.
Catchment Area
The airport catchment area is covers 8.4m people including:
- Greater St Petersburg + region – 6.20m
- Pskov + region – 0.9m
- Novgorod + region – 0.9m
- Petrozavodsk + region – 270,000
Under-served freight opportunities and other economic impact factors
Please click here for more information on freight opportunities.
Construction of the new €340 million terminal at Pulkovo with a capacity of 17 million passengers is planned for completion in 2013. Like other major Russian cities St Petersburg is now an important centre for luxury retailing – a factor extending to Pulkovo where the airport’s Lenrianta stores operate in joint venture with Aer Rianta International.
Geography
- LED is located 15 km from the city centre and has highway connections as well as regular bus lanes and taxi links to the city centre and metro stations. 15 minutes by public bus to the nearest metro station.
- LED is directly connected with city ring highway. An elevated express train project is under advanced planning.
Infrastructure & Operations:
- Two runways (3,780m and 3,397m):
- Certified to III ICAO Category
- Slots are non-coordinated
- 24 hours operations
- Two terminals, one domestic and international/charter with 1,800/hour capacity; the second is for international scheduled with 1,200/hour capacity.
- A new integrated terminal able to handle 17m will be built by 2013.
The striking new terminal roof and envelope are designed to accommodate the heavy snowfalls experienced in winter. The internal layout of the new terminal consists of well-defined and separate zones connected by individual walkways to echo the external layout of islands and bridges which make up the city.
- Gates:
- Terminal 1 – 27 including 17 contact gates
- Terminal 2 – 26 including 16 contact gates
- Min. connect time: 25 minutes
- Fuel Suppliers: Sovex
- Handling Agents: Pulkovo Airport, STC Rossiya Handling and Ground Services
Vital statistics
- Total 2008 throughput 7.1m (+15.2% )
- 82% domestic
- 53% international
- 76 regular airlines inc:
- 41 international airlines; 12 from CIS countries
- 35 domestic airlines.
- 139 regular destinations inc:
- 92 international, 26 from CIS countries
- 47 domestic.
- Flag carrier – STC Rossiya, 45% of total St Petersburg traffic, 86 regular destinations in 2008, inc:
- 25 domestic
- 21 to CIS countries
- 40 other international destinations
Financials
Airport charges:
http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/eng/partners/charges/
Annual report:
http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/eng/about_pulkovo/
