OREANDA-NEWS On 18 February 2009 was announced, that Moscow’s city authorities intend to complete the reconstruction of Vnukovo-2 air terminal complex in 2009.

“Under the Moscow Government’s decree, the department for city-ordered capital construction is in charge of ensuring the fulfilment of the object reconstruction in 2009,” a source from City Hall said.

According to the official, City Hall is to allocate over 900 million roubles (~USD 25 million) for this work.

JSC Vnukovo Airport CEO Vasiliy Aleksandrov noted the engineering facilities of the airport were updated and a new security system was launched in 2008.

It is scheduled for 2009 to complete the development of a new international passenger terminal, to set up counters for passengers’ unassisted check-in and to proceed with the passenger service improvement.