<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Odesa International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">In May 2007, the airport started construction work that included extending the main runway. On 8 June 2012, builders started to prepare the land on which the new terminal would be built. The area of the new terminal was to be 26,000 square meters, with the capacity for 1,000 passengers per hour (1.5&ndash;2 million passengers per year). It would have 16 check-in desks, and four telescopic gangways, and the number of bus pick-up points would be increased from two to five. The construction of the new terminal was planned to be completed by the end of 2013. However, due to extensive delays, it was opened for arrivals on 15 April 2017. It is to serve both</p>
<p class="blog-para">international and domestic flights. The estimated cost of the work was around 45&ndash;60 million. Airport Consulting Vienna company has developed a master plan, business plan and evaluation of the technical concept of the airport. The chief designer of the project is the Spanish company Ineco.</p>
<p class="blog-para">In 2019, Odesa International Airport announced an international competition for the best idea of a sculpture-symbol of the city's air gates. The first place was taken by Ukrainian artist Stepan Ryabchenko. His sculpture "Sphere" will be made and installed near the new airport terminal. During expansion work in 2021, workers found a mass grave containing 5,000-8,000 skeletons believed to be victims of the Holodomor.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Transportation from Odesa International Airport </strong></p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Car:</strong> The distance from Odessa Airport to the centre of Odessa is 8 kilometres. By car, it takes 20 minutes to get to the centre of Odessa.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Public transport:</strong> It is possible to travel to and from Odessa Airport by public transport. If you opt for public transport to and from Odessa Airport you can travel by bus. Visit the Odessa Airport transportation page for the possibilities.</p>
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