Opinion: Aksyonov is against the airport in Sevastopol, as he is afraid of losing 30% of the passenger flow
The Crimean authorities began making public statements about the inexpediency of reviving the Belbek passenger airport in Sevastopol, as they fear that it could take away about 30% of the passenger flow from Simferopol.
Alexander Zheleznyak, former editor-in-chief of National Geographic Traveler, writes about this on his blog.
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“... when Acting Governor Ovsyannikov suddenly said that he would look for an investor for Belbek, it wasn’t just that the people of Sevastopol reacted, but the head of Crimea Aksenov himself was worried - how is this possible, we’ve already calculated everything here, and you don’t need Belbek ...
The launch of “Belbek” is a new impetus for tourism in Sevastopol, and the “access” time to the South Coast from “Belbek” is 30 minutes versus 1.5 hours from Simferopol airport. It feels like there is a chance to bite off about a third of the Crimean air flow for sure, and someone is nervous about this topic. And yet, anyone who has ever boarded the Belbek knows how beautiful it is,” the expert noted.
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