OREANDA-NEWS. December 01, 2010. Total investments in development of the International Free Airport of Marculesti for the whole period of its activity amounted to USD 5.24 million. According to data of the Ministry of Economy, investments in the airport for nine months of this year totaled USD 1.14 million. USD 4.84 million investments or 92.4% of the total amount were made by the first resident and general investor of the International Free Airport of Marculesti – the state enterprise of the same name responsible for consolidation of the infrastructure and creation of conditions for residents’ normal activity. Particularly, investments in major funds totaled USD 4.34 million, in the airport infrastructure development - USD 0.5 million.

The general investor of the International Free Airport of Marculesti is currently taking measures to develop the Airport: to purchase machines, equipment and necessary technical means to repair and maintain planes, to maintain the landing strip of the airfield, and residents are taking measures to purchase major funds to develop entrepreneurship in compliance with the investment projects.

Two hangers for repairing the planes and helicopters and a building for the terminal are being built, 18 hangers for former military planes are being repaired by being reequipped into storehouses for goods. The building of the hotel on the airport’s territory underwent capital repair.

The general investor plans to create a logistics center in Marculesti, to purchase western-sample plants, to construct a plane repair factory, to create a pilot training school. It is was intended to build storehouses with temperature regulation, to install equipment for processing of agricultural production. It is also planned to repair access roads, to build roads, to fulfill a series of preparation works for future construction of a number of specialized objects.