The completion of a $250 million reconstruction of Domodedovo Airport in Moscow is due by the middle of this year, says the airport's operator, East Line group. The reconstruction includes nearly doubling the size of the passenger terminal. The international section of will be opened next month, to be followed by the domestic section. East Line hopes that the revamped airport will attract major foreign airlines. Last year Domodedovo, one of five airports in the Moscow area, handled over 4 million passengers. Research begins next month into the proposed relocation of Amsterdam's international airport to an artificial island off the Dutch North Sea coast, despite government reservations over the plan. In the meantime, the government has granted Schiphol airport a new environmental licence which allows limited alterations to runways following the completion of a fifth runway in 2003.
Source: Flight International
