Tobolsk, Russia
The opening of the airport will improve the region’s investment potential and stimulate development in Tobolsk’s tourism-related sectors, in addition to creating new jobs and improving the quality of life for the city’s residents.
Rеmezov Airport in Tobolsk, Russia has received its first passenger flight. The new airport, built in a record time of two years with the support of SIBUR petrochemicals company in partnership with the Tyumen regional government, will help stimulate tourism and investment in the region by offering direct flights to Tobolsk.
The opening of the airport will improve the region’s investment potential and stimulate development in Tobolsk’s tourism-related sectors, in addition to creating new jobs and improving the quality of life for the city’s residents. Tobolsk is expected to become a key tourist hotspot in Siberia. With the launch of regular flights, the regional government aims to attract more visitors and to actively develop new types of tourism, such as industrial and gastronomic tourism. Business travelers from other regions of Russia will now have new transport options to choose from.
Aleksandr Moor, Governor of the Tyumen Region, said: "This day will go down in the history of the city, the region and the country. The airport, built in the shortest possible timeframe with the assistance of the Tyumen Region government and SIBUR, will become a new driver of tourism and economic growth. I am sure that this will not be our last project together.”
Mikhail Karisalov, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of SIBUR, says: “I would like to thank everyone who participated in this major project: the builders, the Federal Air Transport Agency for their proactivity, the regional and local authorities for their sincere desire to make the airport modern, safe, comfortable and efficient, and of course, the residents of Tobolsk, who actively participated not only in the discussion of the airport name but also gave us valuable feedback during the project. We placed several key concepts at the core of this project – safety, quality of life, accessibility to other regions and speed of travel. I very much expect that from this point forward, the professional community that deals with tourism, history and culture will pick up the initiative and give life to a whole new set of concepts that will enable more people to see Tobolsk as a real gem, a city with almost 450 years of history, and fall in love with this place.”
Regular scheduled flights will begin arriving at the Tobolsk airport overnight on 16 October. This will include direct flights from Moscow, as well as flights to Ekaterinburg by the end of October. Additional planned routes include flights to Novosibirsk and to Saint Petersburg.
The airport has a 2,400-metre-long runway capable of receiving and servicing SSJ-100, Boeing-737 and Airbus A320/321 jets. The airport terminal will be able to handle up to 380 passengers per hour.
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