In 2019, construction of a new airport should begin near the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya regions - near the village of Salty.. The first tranche will amount to 200 million UAH, and intend to implement the project within two years.

About this, according to CTS, said the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan.

"The long-awaited news, in 2019, we will begin construction of the first new airport in Ukraine, which will be built in Solen, between the Dnieper and Zaporozhye. The first tranche will amount to 200 million UAH, and in two years millions of residents of the Dnieper region will receive a super-modern airport ", - the official wrote on his Facebook page.

"This is the right strategic decision for the country - to build a new air gate for the Dnieper, Zaporizhia and, potentially, Krivoy Rog, and not endlessly repair the old one, leading a permanent struggle for an open sky," Omelyan added.

Prior to this statement, as written by CTS, the chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council, Gleb Prygunov, made an announcement about the construction of a new air port in Solen. He informed that they made an amendment to the draft state budget, which they want to receive 1 billion UAH for the project implementation.. The working name of the airport - Dnieper.

"The construction of a large hub on the border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya regions will allow to combine passenger traffic between the two regions. This is a large-scale project - a step towards the civilized future of the two regions, "wrote Gleb Jumpers in his Facebook.

The village of Solyon is located 30 km in a straight line from the center of the Dnieper, and 40 km from the center of Zaporizhia. 5 km from the Salty there is a highway H-08, which was thoroughly repaired on the site Dnipro-Zaporozhye.

We note that at the moment, a new passenger terminal is being built at the Zaporozhye airport.. Now there are installed internal walls and partitions, glazing is carried out, which is going to be completed in December. Then proceed to the interior decorating. As planned, the terminal will be able to pass 400 passengers per hour - 250 international and 150 domestic.

Zaporozhye Airport in 2017 served 348.4 thousand. passengers, which is 27% more than in 2016.

As for the airport in the Dnieper, the airport terminal is now privately owned, the runway is in the public. This status and approach to the work of the terminal’s owner hamper the development of the air port.. Over the past three years, this aviation company has reduced its passenger traffic from 346 thousand. people in 2015 to 276.9 thousand. man in 2017.

Kharkiv businessman, beneficiary of the DCH group, Alexander Yaroslavsky, stated that he was ready to allocate $ 60-70 million for the new airport terminal complex in the Dnieper. According to Yaroslavsky's calculations, the project can be fully implemented within 2.5-3 years.. Such a model of airport construction was voiced: the DCH group is building the airport complex, while the reconstruction (the current airport. - PST) of the airfield (runway and aprons) is under the jurisdiction of the state.