Transcript ЛЕТИЩЕ РУСЕ”

„AIRPORT RUSE”
A GOOD INVESTING
OPPORTUNITY
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City of Ruse is situated in the northern part of
the Republic of Bulgaria.
There is a railway, road and river port
infrastructure developed here.
For the moment being, there is the only bridge
over the Danube river in the section shared by
Bulgaria and Romania These, as well as other
factors determine the location of the city of Ruse
as the only naturally set transport hub, an
intersection point for two pan-European
transport corridors- -№7 (the river of Danube)
and №9 (Helsinki - Kiev – Chişinău – Bucharest
– Ruse – Alexandroupolis).
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The Airport of Ruse is situated 18 kilometers
away from the city itself, near the village of
Shtraklevo. The Airport was built for military
purposes and it was used as such until 1999. By
an agreement between the Ministry of Defence
and the Ministry of Transport since the
beginning of the 70’s of the 20th century the
airport was assigned to joint exploitation. During
this period, a reception building, civil flights
apron and other facilities were built-up.
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Aircrafts of the type An-24, An-12, Tu-134, Tu-154
and Il-76 were accepted and serviced over the
said period.
Airport’s operative flying activity ceased in 1999.
By a decision of the Council of Ministers dated
28 of February 2005, an area measuring 1
900 000 sq.m. was transferred to the Transport
Ministry.
By virtue of a later decision of the Council of
Ministers, on 22 of December 2006 the Ruse
Airport was announced an International Airport.
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At this moment „Airport Ruse” is single member
limited liability company, 100% state property.
At the moment airport is closed for aviation
activity due to lack of license issued from
Bulgarian Civil Aviation Administration,
аccording to the Bulgarian legislation
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There is a concrete runway for takeoffs
and landing built on the territory of the
airport, with the following parameters:
- length: 2500 meters (direction 05/23)
- width: 50 meters
- seven link (perpendicular) taxiways
- one parallel taxiway along the entire
length of the runway
- PCN - 29 R/C/Y/T (no technical audit)
1. Runway
2. Perpendicular taxiways
3. Parallel taxiway
4. North apron
5. South aprons
6. Fuel depot
7. Passengers terminal
8. Perimeter border, according to
Annex 14
View from east
View from west
View from north
View from runway
View from parallel taxiway
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There are three autonomous aprons to the
runway which are in store for the aircrafts’
maintenance- one to north of the runway, with an
area of 10 000 sq.m. approximately, and two
more to the south of it, measuring about 12 000
sq.m.
International airport information is:
ICAO code - LBRS
IATA code - ROU
Latitude: 43° 41’45” N
Longitude: 26° 03’ 29” E
Elevation: 187 m
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There is a reception building to the airport which
provides accommodation for passengers upon
arrival as well on departure. The building is
envisaged for the development of a restaurant,
snack-bar, VIP- hall, also for offices and shops.
Terminal, view from south
Terminal, view from north
Terminal, view inside
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The following technical infrastructure is
available:
- fresh water-supply system;
- telephone installation of copper-cables, and an
optical communication cable passing at about
0,8 km from the airport;
- electricity supply provided, as well as a diesel
power station;
- a garage for the aircrafts’ maintenance
equipment;
- air-traffic control tower and other common
buildings.
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There is an industrial railway establishment for
the purposes of fuel and oils. It is located at
about 10 km away from the airport on an area of
40 000 sq.m.
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At present, all the facilities at Ruse Airport are
arranged in such a way that provide for the split
servicing of the passenger and cargo flow, as
the passages to both zones are autonomous
and thus the crossing of the runway is
prevented.
The passengers’ service can be performed on
the northern part of the runway.
The cargo could be handled separately, on the
southern part of the runway. It is possible for
different-purpose warehouses to be constructed
there, for reloading, for the needs of customs
control, workshops etc.
1. Area for development of passenger’s
terminal
2. Area for development of north apron
3. Area for development of south aprons
4. Area for development of cargo
terminals
5. Area for development of fuel depot
6. Military area
Area for development of cargo terminals
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The eventual development of the airport would
provide opportunities for its exploitation in the
following directions:
To be used for passengers’ air transport;
- rendering services to the cruise ships on the
river of Danube.
- offering services to low-cost companies
(LCC).
- reopening of the direct route Ruse-Sofia;
- providing opportunities for owners of private
airplanes.
- providing charter transport services for the
participants in cultural and other events on the
territory of the city of Ruse.
- guest hunter-tourists.
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For the purposes of cargo transportation:
-export of agricultural and special
production.
-transit import.
-establishing of a re-loading centre. The
remoteness of the airport from the main
built-up areas and the clearance of the
passages will provide for its usage during
the twenty-four hour period.
-establishing of a training centre.
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Further activities:
-for the purposes of transportation from and to
the airport;
-rendering services to the personnel and
passengers- catering, restaurant, cafeterias,
pharmacies, shops etc.;
-hotel activities;
-advertising;
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Provided that the capacity of services which are
to be offered to the clients increase during the
working process, and with development of the
airport there will arise the need of new areas to
be integrated to the estate of the airport. The
fastest possibility for such an action is the
acquisition of the remaining part of the exmilitary outfit, measuring about 1 500 000 sq.m.,
currently a property of the government.
The railway line Ruse-Varna is about 6
kilometers away to the east of the runway and it
would be possible for a connection between the
airport and the railway network to be established
on a later stage.
Summary SWOT Analysis of Ruse Airport
 1.Strengths:
 -possibility for applying a flexible pricing policy;
 -clean approaches and lack of noise pollution in
large populated areas;
 -part of a transportation hub providing all modes
of transport;
 -lack of restitution claims;
 -consolidated state-owned areas in close
proximity to the airport;
 -the airport is located in a region with a
population of over 3 000 000 inhabitants
(including Bucharest);
 -potential staff availability;
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2.Weaknesses:
-lack of operational worthiness;
-road link with insufficient throughput;
-lack of a railway link to the airport;
3.Opportunities:
-to build a new terminal for passenger service;
-to build cargo terminals;
-to increase the technological capacity of the
runway – its carrying capacity and length;
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4.Threats:
-existence of rival airports in the vicinity of Ruse
Airport - Henri Coanda (Otopeni), Aurel Vlaicu
(Baneasa) in Bucharest and new project BSIA Bucharest South International Airport
-nearest airports in Bulgaria - Gorna Oryahovitsa
and Varna;
-the challenge of the downward trend in air
traffic worldwide and on the European scale.
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All said above is to point out the possibility for
the Ruse Airport to be developed as a wellestablished transport and information centre, to
underline that it could acquire all the features of
a logistic system; the synergic effect which will
result from restoration of its exploitation will
have positive effect on the economics of the
entire region.
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The city of Ruse is going to be one of the few
cities having on its disposal all means of
transport which would lead to its development
as a main transport and distribution centre
within the Republic of Bulgaria and not only, but
around the Eastern Europe and the Near East, as
well.