Sibiu International Airport
Sibiu International Airport Aeroportul Internațional Sibiu | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Sibiu County Council | ||||||||||
Serves | Sibiu, Romania | ||||||||||
Focus city for | Wizz Air | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,520 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°47′09″N 024°05′08″E / 45.78583°N 24.08556°ECoordinates: 45°47′09″N 024°05′08″E / 45.78583°N 24.08556°E | ||||||||||
Website | sibiuairport.ro | ||||||||||
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Sibiu International Airport or Aeroportul Internațional Sibiu (IATA: SBZ, ICAO: LRSB) serves the city of Sibiu. It is located in southern Transylvania, 3 km (1.9 mi) west[1] of Sibiu and about 260 km (160 mi) northwest of Romania's capital city, Bucharest.
History
In 1943, the flying activities have been developed on a field (with grass) of 174 ha surface. The Lockheed operating planes belonged to the first Romanian operating airline - LARES. The first routes were Bucharest – Sibiu – Arad and Bucharest – Sibiu – Oradea. In 1944, Sibiu was connected by air with some other cities like Bucharest, Brasov, Deva, Oradea and Targu-Mures. In 1959, it was inaugurated the airport building with two floors, a control tower, a waiting room for 50 passengers on each way (embarking and debarking) and a store-room.[citation needed]
In 1970, the airport was capable to operate during the night, due to the approach and runway guiding lights that have been installed. The concrete runway was 2000m long and 30m wide. In 1975, radar facilities became operational and later in 1992, the airport was opened for international traffic, with flights to Stuttgart and Munich.[citation needed]
In 2006 - 2008, the airport passed through the most important rehabilitation program in its history, a €77 million investment in a new terminal building and in runway upgrade.[3][4]
Recent developments
In 2013, Sibiu International Airport handled 189,300 passengers, which represents an increase over the previous year, while in 2014 the number of passengers increased to almost 216,000 and two new destinations to London and Dortmund have been introduced. In 2015, the total traffic grew up to 276,533 embarked-disembarked passengers, while the number of aircraft movements increased to 5,468.[2]
In December 2016, Lufthansa announced its plans to increase operations on Munich – Sibiu route, as the airline scheduled up to 19 weekly flights from 26 March 2017. The airline operates this route with CityLine CRJ900 aircraft.[5]
In November 2017, Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe and Romania's leading carrier, announced that it will further expand its Sibiu operations, adding a second Airbus A320 aircraft to its local fleet in June 2018. At the same time, WIZZ will launch five long-awaited routes from Sibiu and increase frequencies on four popular services adding a total of 21 incremental flights to its schedule. Together with the new connections to Copenhagen, Charleroi, Paris Beauvais, Basel and Frankfurt Hahn, starting in June 2018, Sibiu's low fare network will be expanded to a total of 11 routes to 8 countries. The additional aircraft will also allow WIZZ to increase the frequency of flights on four services from summer 2018: London-Luton route will become daily; Memmingen Munich and Dortmund flights will increase to five, while the connection to Nuremberg will be operated four times per week.[6]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sibiu Airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Air Bucharest | Seasonal charter: Antalya[7] |
AirConnect | Bucharest (begins 27 March 2023)[8][9] |
Animawings | Seasonal: Antalya[10] |
Austrian Airlines | Vienna |
Lufthansa | Munich |
Ryanair | Billund, Bologna, Charleroi, Dublin, Milan–Malpensa, Treviso, Vienna[11] Seasonal: Corfu,[12] Liverpool (ends 27 October 2022)[citation needed] |
TAROM | Seasonal charter: Hurghada[13] |
Wizz Air | Dortmund, Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, London–Luton, Madrid, Memmingen, Nuremberg |
Statistics
Traffic figures
Year | Passengers[2][14] | Aircraft movements[15] |
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2005 | 45,494 | 3,500 |
2006 | ![]() |
3,818 |
2007 | ![]() |
5,014 |
2008 | ![]() |
5,995 |
2009 | ![]() |
6,419 |
2010 | ![]() |
6,077 |
2011 | ![]() |
4,824 |
2012 | ![]() |
4,574 |
2013 | ![]() |
4,834 |
2014 | ![]() |
4,908 |
2015 | ![]() |
4,552 |
2016 | ![]() |
5,342 |
2017 | ![]() |
7,714 |
2018 | ![]() |
8,529 |
Busiest routes
Rank | Airport | Passengers 2015 | Passengers 2016 | Passengers 2017 | Carriers | |||
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1 | ![]() |
145,223 |
142,391 |
164,778 |
Lufthansa, TAROM | |||
2 | ![]() |
40,424 |
59,660 |
75,162 |
Wizz Air | |||
3 | ![]() |
43,859 |
51,717 |
56,521 |
Blue Air | |||
4 | ![]() |
36,531 |
40,850 |
44,930 |
Wizz Air | |||
5 | ![]() |
- |
- |
40,406 |
Wizz Air | |||
6 | ![]() |
36,385 |
35,808 |
35,212 |
Austrian Airlines | |||
7 | ![]() |
- |
- |
33,992 |
Wizz Air | |||
8 | ![]() |
- |
- |
24,805 |
Wizz Air | |||
Source:Eurostat [1] |
See also
References
- ^ a b EAD Basic
- ^ a b c Statistici Aeroportul Sibiu
- ^ Noul Terminal[permanent dead link] (in Romanian)
- ^ Pista (in Romanian)
- ^ "Lufthansa expands Sibiu flight options in S17".
- ^ "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more".
- ^ "Charter programme". kusadasi.ro.
- ^ "AirConnect Begins Operation in mid-Oct 2022".
- ^ "AirConnect amână debutul zborurilor comerciale până în martie 2023". 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Flight schedule". animawings.com.
- ^ "Ryanair va zbura din Sibiu spre Viena din mai 2022". 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Ryanair Opens Three New Bases in Greece for Summer '21 | Ryanair's Corporate Website".
- ^ Sibiu Airport Flight information. Retrieved on 6 August 2022.
- ^ Anna.aero database
- ^ ORDIN 169/1.801. Planul national de actiune privind reducerea emisiilor de gaze cu efect de seră în domeniul aviatiei civile (in Romanian)
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