OREANDA-NEWS. During eight months in 2014, NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport served 2,598,877 passengers

representing growth of 9.9% compared to the same period in 2013. Passenger traffic on domestic routes totalled 1,585,963 passengers (+15.4%), on international routes - 1,012,914 passengers (+2.3%).

In August 2014, monthly passenger traffic increased by 9.4% compared to the same period of the previous year and made up 448,877 passengers. As reported, 284,641 passengers were served on domestic routes, while on international routes - 164,236 passengers.

In January-August 2014, the airport provided operation of 14,245 aircraft movements (+8.5%). In August only, it reports 4,106 aircraft movements.

For the eight months' period of the current year, cargo and mail traffic reached 18,656 tons.

NOVOSIBIRSK International Airport is the largest air hub in Russia east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The domestic terminal capacity makes up to 1,800 passengers per hour, while the capacity on international flights - up to 750 passengers per hour. The airport has two runways of ICAO CAT I and CAT II. In 2013 the passenger traffic exceeded 3.7 mln passengers and cargo traffic totalled 29.9 thousand tons of cargo and mail handled.