Romanian company Avant Airports has confirmed in an email to Romania Insider its plans to develop Alexeni Airport, a EUR 400 million project near Bucharest, aiming to become the largest cargo hub in Eastern Europe within the next three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The announcement comes a year after the company signed a concession contract with local authorities for the development and operation of the airport over a 48-month period.<\/p>\n
A consortium formed by Romanian airport services provider Avant Airports as the developer of the project and the construction company Avtomagistral-Pivden of Ukraine signed in March 2024 the concession contract for a 198 ha decommissioned military airfield in Alexeni, 66km east of Bucharest, where they plan to build a EUR 400 million airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The airport is planned to include a 30,000 sqm passenger terminal with an annual capacity of 6.5mn \u2013 nearly half of that of Bucharest\u2019s main airport Henri Coanda (14.6mn in 2023) \u2013 as well as a 20,000 sqm cargo terminal with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n
In April, Avant Airports plans to disclose the conceptual design of the airport, detailing its architecture and functionality.<\/p>\n
Avant Airports stated on 18 March 2025 that significant progress had been made in partnership with NACO, a global consultancy specializing in airport design. The Master Plan and pre-design documentation are nearing completion, while technical studies required for the next phase are ongoing.<\/p>\n
The airport will be built to accommodate all types of aircraft, including Boeing 747 cargo planes, and will feature dedicated infrastructure for both cargo and low-cost airlines. A key focus of the project is accessibility, with plans to connect the airport to central Bucharest via rail, ensuring a transfer time of 45-50 minutes from Gara de Nord. The project is also set to be included in Romania\u2019s General Transport Master Plan.<\/p>\n
Avant Airports said it is in advanced discussions with financial institutions and investors from the United States, Switzerland, Finland, and India to secure funding for the project. A public consultation will be launched to gather input on terminal facilities from potential users.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Screenshot from Consiliul Judetean Ialomita Facebook video)<\/em><\/p>\n iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romanian company Avant Airports has confirmed in an email to Romania Insider its plans to develop Alexeni Airport, a EUR 400 million project near Bucharest, aiming to become the largest cargo hub in Eastern Europe within the next three years.\u00a0 The announcement comes a year after the company signed a concession contract with local authorities […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}