24.10.2014

New Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg is one of the major PPP projects in Russia. Approximately 4,000 people are currently employed in the airport project; the new airport has 88 check-in desks, 17 gates and 110 aircraft parking positions. The expansion works of the airport are still in process. The existing Terminal 1 will be expanded and will be opened in the near future for aviation. In the beginning of the event that participants were proposed an acquaintance tour at the Terminal 1 (under construction). Jochen Herter, the Project Manager Terminal Facilities, Northern Capital Gateway LLC, the managing company of Pulkovo airport, took the group of participants around the Terminal 1 and elaborated around the works in process and future outlook, functions and structure of Terminal 1. Later the participants (more than 70 representatives of business community in St. Petersburg and Moscow) were able to meet with the management of Northern Capital Gateway LLC: Volker Wendefeuer, Chief Operating Officer, Jochen Herter andEvgeniy Ilyin, Commercial Director. They presented the further plans of extension and perspectives for business community. The welcome speech took Timo Mikkonen, Chairman of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee, and Rene Harun, Director of the North-Western branch of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (AHK). The event was finished with a networking reception at the newly opened Park Inn Airport Pulkovo Hotel, which hosted the event and became one of the partners of the event. During the reception the General Director of the Hotel, David Morris, has presented his hotel and played several prizes from the hotel in the Sponsors Lottery. The participants also got chance to look around in the hotel and get acquainted to the main facilities.

The AEB gratefully thanks RUSSIA Consulting and Park Inn Airport Pulkovo Hotel for supporting the event.

L-R: Evgeniy Ilyin, Commercial Director, Northern Capital Gateway LLC; Jochen Herter, Project Manager Terminal Facilities, Northern Capital Gateway LLC; Volker Wendefeuer, COO, Northern Capital Gateway LLC; Rene Harun, Director of the North-Western branch of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (AHK); Timo Mikkonen, Chairman of the AEB North-Western Regional Committee.