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Located in
the North – East of Moldavia on a 180 m MSL elevated hill, Iasi Airport is one
of the most ancient acredited airports in Romania. Even from 1905, on a grass
runway more or less adjusted, there were taking place “ flight art contests”
with pioneers of the romantic aviation – supported at that time by the Royal
House.
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During the
interbelic period, between WW1 and WW2, Iasi zone earned its commercial
representative status in 1926, when scheduled flights were oficialised on the
route Bucharest – Galati – Iasi and Chisinau, operated with DeHavilland
aircrafts, twin engines with propellers, 14 seats max capacity. Until the dawn
of WW2 this route was constantly exploited, but once with the heavy bombardments
over Iasi when the airport was also distructed, the entire area became hardly
accessible.
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In the year
1969 Iasi Airport is modernized, as part of a national program for many
strategic objectives rheabilitation. A concrete runway is built with a total
length of 1800 m, with a modern lighting and passenger terminal. With its new
technical characteristics Iasi Airport resumed the national commercial
competition, while Tarom Company used to operate daily on destinations like
Bucharest, Arad, Timisoara, Cluj.
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At this
moment Iasi Airport is equiped with an NDB approach system assisted by a
Precision Approach Radar, CAT I lighting with approach lights for Runways 15 and
33 and the most modern
pax terminal from the
regional airports.
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Operating
from October 2001, the new passenger terminal is capable to process 150
pax / /hour for internal flights and 100
pax / hour for external flights using separate flows
and distinct awaiting – embarking rooms. Also, the public services for
restaurants are separated accordingly to the separated flows.In a modern
environment, the public benefitiates of
informations concerning flights schedule, Internet
and E-mail access services, transport bookings, local
informations etc.
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The
passengers and baggage check-in procedure is completed within a large space,
together with the anti-terro check into the central
hall were are also situated the informations and
ticketing, lost and found baggage counters, and the flight displays .Built up
according to the principle „ all in one place” in the central hall we can also
found the custom and border police counters.
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The arrival
flow operates both internal and external arrivals, allowing minimum awaiting
times for country entry and baggage recovery for the passengers.
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The passenger
traffic and aircraft movements tends to double comparising
with the same period from the last year, soon the external flights in charter
and scheduled regime determing even a higher
increasement due to the opening of the Airport
Travel Agency. This is to work both as a ticketing agent and charter
organiser.
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Today the
local market problem is the lack of the appropriate air transportation
offer which must be external flights directly
operated from Iasi Airport.
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Another
future project is the building of a cargo terminal near the Utilitarian Aviation
hangar.
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Able to serve
the firms from the entirsize="2"e North – East Region, the cargo terminal is designed to
process 50 tones of cargo per hour , due to its equipments capable to work with
general cargo, perishable and dangerous goods except radioactive.
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Also, we
improved our ground support equimpents with new
items, provide superior qualification of the personnel involved in ramp
activities, and also submitting the Ground Handling Manual to IATA Ground
Handling Council in order to get an accreditation to act as an
authorised handling agent.
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Thus,
the general philosophy of the development strategy for
Iasi
Airport is tributary to the ideea of a regional
airport able to ensure all the common services from European Union Countries but
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