Platov International Airport

Platov International Airport

Международный аэропорт Платов
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAirports of Regions
ServesRostov-on-Don
LocationAksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia
Opened27 November 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-27)[1]
Passenger services ceased24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) [2][3]
Hub forAzimuth
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL213 ft / 65 m
Coordinates47°29′38″N 039°55′29″E / 47.49389°N 39.92472°E / 47.49389; 39.92472
WebsitePlatov International Airport
Map
ROV is located in Rostov Oblast
ROV
ROV
Location of the airport in Rostov Oblast
ROV is located in European Russia
ROV
ROV
Location of the airport in Russia
ROV is located in Europe
ROV
ROV
Location of the airport in Europe
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 11,811 3,600 Concrete/Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers2,086,000 Decrease (-32%)[4]

Platov International Airport (IATA: ROV, ICAO: URRP) (Russian: Международный аэропорт Платов) is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don. It serves Rostov-on-Don (as a replacement for the old Rostov-on-Don Airport) and started operation in December 2017.[5] It is named after Matvei Platov.

It was originally planned that the airport would open in November 2017, with passenger navigation starting on 1 December 2017. The project has a capacity of 5 million passengers per year. Azimuth will be the main company serving the airport.[6] The airport was opened on 27 November 2017, with the new highway to the airport and final tests before the operations would commence. The airport commenced passenger service on 7 December 2017,[7][1] and the old airport was scheduled to officially cease all its operations on 1 March 2018. In 2018, for the first year of operation of the airport, 3,236,000 passengers passed through this airport. The airport has been closed since the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

History

Name choice

Initially, the project name was "Yuzhny" (eng. Southern). During the voting procedure for the new airport's name, "Platov" was the top choice with 40% of overall votes, whereas "Yuzhny" and "Rostov-on-Don International" had 27% and 34% respectively.[8] Therefore, on 20 January 2017, Government of Russian Federation officially named the airport "Platov International Airport",[9] in honor of Matvei Platov, a Russian general commanding the Don Cossacks.

Certification and opening

At the end of September, the airport construction was finished. Then, 16 October, Rosaviation had approved the new airport and the airport plans to commence the testing procedure till 20 November. After all the stages are done, the airport plans to fully open 1 December. The old airport will close, due to development issues, caused by the location inside town. More likely, the building will be demolished.[10] On 18 November, the first aircraft Airbus A319 of Rossiya Airlines and Sukhoi Superjet 100 of Azimuth landed at the airport.[11][12][13] These were the test mode flights. On 24 November 2017, the first 150 volunteers tested the new airport's equipment.[14][15] On 27 November, Platov received its IATA code ROV from the current airport, whereas old airport received a new IATA code RVI.[16][17]

The airport was officially opened on 7 December 2017 at 11:00am, with the first passenger flight of Pobeda Boeing 737-800 arriving from Moscow–Vnukovo, following with other domestic and international flights.[18][19] By 1 March 2018, the old airport was going to be officially closed.[20] At the time of construction, Platov airport was named the most expensive airport in Russia.[21][22]

On 24 February 2022, in relation to the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the airport, together with other airports in Southern Russia, were closed without prior notice.[23]

Facilities

Passenger main terminal

The airport terminal is 50,000 m². There are 9 air-bridges and 9 bus gates. Moreover, the airport complex contains a cargo terminal and a VIP terminal with an area of 2,880 m².[24] The car parking can accept a maximum of 2500 cars.[25]

VIP terminal

The airport has a VIP terminal, with a total area of 2,880 m². The complex was opened in early 2018.[24]

Transport

Shuttle buses go from the center of Rostov-on-Don to the airport, the route interval is from 05:00 to 23:00 every half hour, from 23:00 to 05:00 every hour. Travel time is 1 hour.[26]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operated from Platov International before the launch of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 to the following destinations:[27]

AirlinesDestinations
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Yerevan
Air Serbia Belgrade[28][29]
Azimuth Astrakhan,[30] Baku,[31] Bishkek,[32][33] Chelyabinsk,[34] Dubai–International,[35] Grozny, Istanbul, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kazan, Makhachkala, Mineralnye Vody, Minsk, Moscow–Vnukovo, Nizhny Novgorod,[36] Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm,[37] Saint Petersburg, Samara, Saratov,[38] Simferopol,[39] Sochi,[40] Tel Aviv,[41] Tyumen, Ufa, Yekaterinburg,[42] Yerevan[32][43]
Azur Air[44] Seasonal charter: Antalya, Dubai–International, Goa, Pattaya-U-Tapao, Phuket, Zanzibar
flydubai Seasonal: Dubai–International[45]
IrAero Baku, Moscow–Domodedovo
NordStar Cairo,[46] Norilsk, Yekaterinburg
Nordwind Airlines Antalya, Baku, Istanbul,[47] Yerevan
Seasonal charter: Phuket
Pegas Fly Sochi[48]
Red Wings Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya, Istanbul
Rossiya Airlines Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Saint Petersburg
S7 Airlines Moscow–Domodedovo
Smartavia Moscow–Domodedovo, Saint Petersburg[49]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Ural Airlines Antalya
Utair Astrakhan,[50] Moscow–Vnukovo, Vladikavkaz,[50] Volgograd[50]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent

Statistics

Check-in area
Arrivals hall

Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic at ROV RVI airports. See Wikidata query.
Annual Passenger Traffic
Year Passengers % Change
2017 2,621,000
Including defunct Rostov-on-Don Airport		 Increase ?
2018 3,236,000[51] Increase 19%
2019 3,060,000
 Decrease 6%
2020 2,086,000[52] Decrease-32%

Transportation

Road

Currently, the airport is connected to the city center by M4 highway, which was reconstructed before the airport construction finished. From 1 December, when the flights commence officially, the new shuttle vans will go to the city center every 20 minutes,[53] nevertheless, the Rostov government had purchased 20 vans for this route.[54]

Railway

In perspective, the Aeroexpress is also planned for the route to city center, but only in case of annual passenger flow of 6 million.[55][56] Currently, the government of Rostov, are planning to construct a railway line that, apart from Rostov-on-Don, will serve other big habitations, located nearby the airport.[57]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Аэропорт Платов в Ростовской области начнет работу с 27 ноября". kommersant.ru. 8 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Airport operations to remain suspended in southern Russia until March 2 — federal agency". Tass. 24 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Временное закрытие 11 аэропортов на юге РФ продлено до 1 мая". 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Пассажиропоток аэропорта Платов в 2020 году снизился на 31,8%". bloknot-rostov.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  5. ^ Grishchenko, Nikolay (27 March 2017). "В Ростове аэропорт Платов построят к ЧМ-2018 раньше срока" (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ^ Stroiteleva, Mariya (4 April 2017). "Первые авиарейсы из аэропорта Платов состоятся в декабре" (in Russian). Город N. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Platov Set for Trials". Airliner World (October 2017): 8.
  8. ^ "Новый аэропорт Ростова-на-Дону получит название "Платов" в честь казачьего атамана". Туристический портал Чемпионата мира по футболу FIFA 2018 в России (in Russian). 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  9. ^ "Распоряжение от 20 января 2017 года №46-р" (PDF). 23 января 2017 (in Russian). Правительство РФ. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  10. ^ "Росавиация одобрила пассажирский терминал в Платове". ato.ru (in Russian). 16 October 2017.
  11. ^ "В новом аэропорту Платов под Ростовом приземлился первый самолет". ren.tv (in Russian). 18 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Первые пассажирские рейсы начал принимать новый аэропорт "Платов" под Ростовом". bloknot-rostov.ru (in Russian). 18 November 2017.
  13. ^ "В новом аэропорту "Платов" под Ростовом приземлился первый самолет". ria.ru (in Russian). 17 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Работу аэропорта Платов проверили волонтеры". don24.ru. 24 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Аэропортовый комплекс "Платов" проводит тестовые испытания с волонтерами". aex.ru. 24 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Ростовскому аэропорту присвоили новый код". emigrados.ru. 27 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Изменения в билетах: аэропорт Ростова получил новый код". don24.ru. 27 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Ростовский аэропорт "Платов" принял первый рейс". interfax.ru. 7 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Все внутрироссийские и международные рейсы переводятся в аэропорт Платов с 7 декабря 2017 года – Аэропорт Платов". platov.aero (in Russian). Международный аэропорт "Платов". Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Аэропорт Платов разрешили ввести в эксплуатацию с ноября". 9 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Новый ростовский аэропорт "Платов" может стать самым дорогим в России". tvrain.ru. 29 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Новый ростовский аэропорт "Платов" может стоить авиакомпаниям дороже "Домодедова"". proved.ru. 20 November 2017.
  23. ^ "Все рейсы из ростовского аэропорта отменили". RIA Novosti. 24 February 2022.
  24. ^ a b "VIP-ТЕРМИНАЛ". platov.aero. Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  25. ^ "ОБЪЕКТЫ". platov.aero. Archived from the original on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  26. ^ "Общественный транспорт в Платов Ростов-на-Дону". rov.aero. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  27. ^ "Schedule". rov.aero.
  28. ^ Liu, Jim (13 February 2020). "Air Serbia network expansion from June 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  29. ^ "Air Serbia schedules six new routes". EX-YU Aviation News. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  30. ^ Liu, Jim. "AZIMUTH expands Rostov-on-Don service from mid-July 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  31. ^ "Рейс в Баку введен в расписание аэропорта Платов (АвиаПорт)". АвиаПорт.Ru (in Russian). 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  32. ^ a b "Авиакомпания "Азимут" начала полеты за рубеж". ato.ru. 1 October 2018.
  33. ^ Liu, Jim (10 October 2018). "Azimuth adds Bishkek service from late-Sep 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  34. ^ Liu, Jim (22 August 2019). "AZIMUTH schedules new routes from late-Sep 2019". Routesonline. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  35. ^ "Azimuth Airlines launches flights from Rostov-on-Don to Dubai".
  36. ^ "Авиакомпания "Азимут" свяжет Нижний Новгород и Ростов-на-Дону". pravda-nn.ru. 7 April 2018.
  37. ^ "Авиакомпания "Азимут" запустит новый рейс из Ростова-на-Дону в Пермь". cityreporter.ru. 1 October 2018.
  38. ^ Liu, Jim. "Azimuth schedules additional domestic routes from mid-Sep 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  39. ^ "Новый перевозчик "Азимут" запускает рейсы в Симферополь". tass.ru. 23 April 2018.
  40. ^ ""Азимут" открыл авиарейс между Сочи и Ростовом-на-Дону". kavkaz-uzel.eu. 27 November 2017.
  41. ^ "Russia's Azimuth Airlines to develop its network beyond the CIS". Russian Aviation Insider. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  42. ^ Колпащиков, Денис (3 February 2020). "Екатеринбург свяжут с Ростовом-на-Дону прямым авиарейсом". ЕТВ (in Russian). Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  43. ^ Liu, Jim (10 October 2018). "Azimuth adds Armenia service from Oct 2018". Routesonline. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  44. ^ "TUI Flight Program". agent.tui.ru.
  45. ^ Плохотниченко, Юрий (23 April 2019). "Flydubai будет летать из Дубая в Сочи, но приостановит ряд других российских линий на лето". Travel.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  46. ^ "NordStar - Авиакомпания".
  47. ^ Liu, Jim. "Nordwind expands Istanbul network from late-Oct 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  48. ^ Liu, Jim. "PegasFly schedules new domestic routes in W20". Routesonline. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  49. ^ "Smartavia запустила рейс из Петербурга в Ростов-на-Дону". Kommersant. 22 April 2019.
  50. ^ a b c "Авиакомпания "ЮТэйр" - Utair связал Ростов-на-Дону с Астраханью, Волгоградом и Владикавказом". www.utair.ru. Utair. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  51. ^ "Аэропорт Платов обслужил 3,2 млн пассажиров в 2018 году Об этом сообщает Рамблер". Rambler Travel. Rostov Vesti. 17 January 2019.
  52. ^ "Пассажиропоток аэропорта Платов в 2020 году снизился на 31,8%".
  53. ^ "В. Голубев: между Платовым и Ростовом каждые 20 минут будут курсировать автобусы". dontr.ru. 18 November 2017.
  54. ^ "Автобусы к аэропорту "Платов" начнут ходить в начале декабря". donday.ru. 18 November 2017.
  55. ^ "А. Иванов: Платов и Ростов свяжут шаттлы, в будущем возможен запуск аэроэкспресса". dontr.ru. 25 October 2017.
  56. ^ "Аэроэкспрессы в аэропорту "Платов" появятся при пассажиропотоке 6 млн человек". aex.ru. 18 September 2017.
  57. ^ "Новый аэропорт Ростова-на-Дону могут связать с городом железнодорожным экспрессом". aex.ru. 30 November 2017.

Media related to Platov International Airport at Wikimedia Commons