Almaty Airport opened an updated domestic flight terminal with a capacity of 9 million passengers.
A modern domestic departure terminal (T1) was officially opened at Almaty Airport; The restoration took 13 months and cost $32 million, while the terminal continued to operate, said airport president Goker Koss.
During the work, the output was increased from 6 to 9 million passengers per year, an automatic baggage sorting system and a platform for handling aircraft from the ice were installed - the procedure time was reduced from 70 to 10 minutes. At the opening, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Asel Zhansova said that currently about 15 million passengers pass through the airports of Kazakhstan per year and by 2040 it is planned to increase the volume to 50 million; In the next three years, 362 million dollars are planned for infrastructure development.
The terminal currently has recreation areas, a playground, mother and child rooms, accessible toilets, a prayer room and a covered parking lot with a bridge that will be launched in a few days.
Tolper. Media.