The ongoing expansion of the passenger terminal is on schedule and expected to be completed by May of next year. The airport is adding new gates to the C wing of the terminal building - C15, 16, 17 and 18. While C15 - C17 will feature airbridges, C18, unlike adjacent stands, will be a non-contact (remote) gate, meaning travellers will not use a passenger boarding bridge but will be transported to and from the terminal by bus. The stand is designed to accommodate Code C aircraft, with a maximum wingspan of 36 metres. The project also includes the construction of a new Taxiway T connection, service roads, stormwater drainage, upgraded apron lighting and pavement capable of handling aircraft loads. Inside the terminal, four new travelators will be installed, split evenly between departures and arrivals.
Work on the construction of a collector system to carry treated stormwater away from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is in its final stages. The new 1.650 metre tunnel has a capacity of more than 25 cubic metres per second, representing a significant increase compared to the existing collector and providing a much higher level of operational resilience for the airport, particularly during periods of heavy rainfall.
Construction of Air Serbia’s new headquarters opposite the airport is progressing on schedule, with work now focused on installing glass panels on the building’s exterior. The structure will have a total gross area of 7.985 square metres and will match the height of the adjacent Aviation Museum. Completion is scheduled for May 15, 2027. The development will also feature landscaped green areas and an open-air car park in the north-western section of the site with 140 spaces, including six designated for persons with reduced mobility. A new ring road and access street are being built alongside the complex, providing a link to the future airport rail station currently under construction.
At the same time, foundations have been laid for a planned airport hotel, also being developed by Air Serbia, while an additional business building within the complex is expected to follow at a later stage. The airline is now awaiting a construction permit for the hotel.
Work has also begun on the overhaul and expansion of the Aeronautical Museum, which has been closed to the public for several years. Some 6.000 square metres of existing space will be overhauled, while new facilities within the museum complex, including multipurpose hangars, will be built.
A major new road interchange to improve access to the airport and surrounding commercial zones is also in the works. The project envisages replacing the existing access arrangement with a full cloverleaf interchange connecting the airport road with the M11 motorway through Belgrade. The scheme includes around 2.5 kilometres of interchange ramps, a new underpass beneath the motorway, parallel access ramps and the reconstruction and widening of approximately 1.5 kilometres of the airport road, with sections featuring up to three lanes in each direction. Two roundabouts are also planned to provide access to future business and commercial developments, alongside a new 1.34-kilometre connecting road. Belgrade’s Land Development Directorate has launched a tender for the preparation of the technical documentation.
Construction of the new railway link to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is progressing, with the 18.3-kilometre double-track line scheduled for completion by the end of the year. Construction work on the airport train station is advancing. Engineering trains and specialised railway machinery have been deployed on the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport - National Stadium railway, on the section running alongside the future Belgrade Airport station. The specialised equipment is being deployed for tamping, levelling and the geometric alignment of the track following the laying of the rails, representing one of the key stages in preparing the railway for future operations. The electrified railway, designed for speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour, will connect the airport with Belgrade’s existing rail network and form part of the wider transport infrastructure being developed ahead of EXPO 2027, which begins on May 15.
I’m glad they are finally doing something with the Aviation Museum. That building is an architectural landmark in itself and it has been sitting closed for far too long.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the Aviation Museum renovation respects the original architecture. Modernise the interior and exhibitions by all means, but please don’t ruin that iconic building.
DeleteIt will. The entire project and renderings were published a while ago.
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The Aviation Museum reopening will be fantastic news. It has one of the most interesting collections in the region and deserves much better treatment.
Delete@9.26 missed that. Thank you
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DeleteI just hope the train will have a sensible frequency
ReplyDeleteThey have already said. Every 15 minutes in peak hour and every half an hour during other times.
DeleteDoesn't seam feasible.
DeleteFor you perhaps.
Delete@09:27 i think it is realistic. The tracks and infrastructure being new make this feasible.
DeleteBut the old trains used at Batajnica line don`t. Such timetable is at edge of sticking to sustainable minimmum headways.
DeleteIndeed its ambitious, and probably wont materialise yet. But its not impossible lets say.
DeleteThey will have 9 trains that will be on this line. It's more than realistic.
DeleteAirport peak hours and daily commute peak hours are not the same. To cover the morning wave most effectively the airport peak hour for the train shall be 4am to 7 am, then from 11am to 1:30 pm, then 4pm to 7 pm. Also over the night there shall be train once every hour
DeleteThis way projected train is waste of time..Belgrade railway station is far and has almost 0 connections to the city boroughs...Buses are much faster and more convenient
DeleteIt is not useless at all. You are more than welcome to continue to use the multiple free busses.
DeleteWill the new shops in the terminal be open by then?
ReplyDeleteHas the permit situation been resolved?
I would like to know that too.
DeletePretty sure it isnt, JU would be the first to finish its Skadar na Bojani called Premium Lounge
DeleteIs there any image how the airport station will look like? Will there be a station building or any bigger cover from the rain and sun?
ReplyDeleteYou could just look at the photos. In the third last photo you can see the train station. It is enclosed and people will go up and escalator or elevator to the platform.
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DeleteAny update on JU's new lounge expected opening?
ReplyDeleteThe new interchange is as important as the railway. Had no idea they were planning this and happy it will get built.
ReplyDeleteNot even close. The railway will be great for thousands of people daily, who do not have automobiles or do not want to drive. Plus people coming from other parts of Serbia can use it.
DeleteIt will continue to Obrenovac soon aftet Expo
DeleteSoon is a very broad term, especially in Serbia.
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DeleteThank you for the update!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how quickly the airport area is developing.
ReplyDeletethe scale of investment is impressive.
DeleteGood to see investment going into less visible infrastructure such as drainage and access roads.
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DeleteBEG is finally getting the ground infrastructure that its traffic numbers deserve. Railway access, better roads and more gates should have happened years ago but better late than never.
ReplyDeleteThis really should have happened in the 1990s had the times been normal.
DeleteI wonder how much of this investment would have happened without expo. Either way, the airport is clearly benefiting from having a hard deadline attached to so many projects.
ReplyDeleteThe airport improvements will be useful and remembered long after the Expo is forgotten.
Deletethey need to build a completely new terminal
ReplyDeleteWould Air Serbia for example be allowed to build and operate its own terminal?
DeleteI highly doubt the concession contract which is worth over 1 billion EUR would ever allow something like that.
DeleteWith what money would JU do that?
DeleteWith the same money they are building a new hq, hotel and business building.
DeleteUnder the airport's 1980 masterplan until 2010, JAT was supposed to get a dedicated terminal 3.
Delete@09:43 airlines don't build airports, at least in the modern world so no this would never occur.
Delete^Say that in the US....
Delete^ last time i looked Serbia was European.
DeleteI'm sure JU is so profitable that it can spent a billion Euros to build a dedicated terminal for itself. 🤪
DeleteThe fact that you think it costs a billion to build a terminal 🤪
DeleteYou are right, it probably costs a lot more nowadays to build one.
Delete@11:40 well said, at least a good one.
DeleteWhat I would really like to see is a proper viewing area for aviation enthusiasts incorporated somewhere into all this development. Many large airports have recognised that plane spotting can actually be an attraction. In BEG they call the police.
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DeleteLJU needs a railway connection
ReplyDeleteAll airports need one
DeleteNo they don't unless they have millions of O&D passengers a year.
Delete@09:44 airports need workable rail connections. There are plenty of far larger airports in Europe without them, so its good that Belgrade will have one. Its a pity greater planning wasnt made 15years ago in regards the railway redvelopment but such is the nature of the beast.
DeleteOnly airports with enough passenger volumes require a tail connection.
DeleteOtherwise it us a massive waste of puic money.JU definitely does not need a rail connection to the city.
Neither does ZAG and I also doubt the BEG rail line will ever come close to being profitable.
Haha, for years the number one thing people have been saying is how the airport needs a rail connection. Of course, now that it is being built it is unnecessary ahahahah
DeletePeople have been saying lots of things. Economic reality and basic math tell otherwise.
DeleteПа пруга се наставља до Националног стадиона, EXPO-a и даље преко Саве до Обреновца. А некој ближој и даљој будућности и даље.
DeleteThe railway goes to Novi Beograd station which is also the station for the Novi Sad line, which makes the airport accessible via rail to people from Novi Sad too.
DeleteThey should stop all Novi Sad bound trains at Zemun once the airport link is open, to shorten the NS to airport ride.
DeleteActually, Novi Sad may make its own airport rail line. They just need one extra junction from main railway towards the airport/Expo
DeleteImpressive
ReplyDeleteIt actually is. Terminal expansion, railway, new hotel, new access road. These are big projects.
DeleteIts impressive given the past failures. The airport overall is decent. Nothing wow, but the more use friendly the better.
DeleteGoof luck to the people who disembark at C17. That will be a half an hour walk at least to passport control.
ReplyDeleteTrue dat.
DeleteYes, and half an hour more to train station. Poor passengers
Deletea shuttle will take less than 5 minutes. Stop dramatizing everything.
Delete@09:47 have you ever walked from some of the further gates at Luton or Stansted? Even Budapest has a long ugly corridoor for non-schegen arrivals. Yeah its not great architecture, but many airports redeveloped over the years aren't. In terms of departing Belgrade Airport remains fast, efficient and pleasent which is good.
DeleteStansted and Lutron airports serve about 30 million pax a year.
DeleteBEG does not.
There is no way around the fact that the terminal design is very poorly thought out.
Its making use with the existing space. Its not great, but then again its not 'awful' either.
DeleteIt’s very existence hurts him the most
Delete^ What?
Delete@16:41 what?
Deletehow much additional aircraft parking capacity all of this actually creates?
ReplyDeleteOne thing that is missing from this discussion is cargo. Belgrade’s passenger business is expanding quickly, but there is also room to develop the airport much more strongly as a freight hub.
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DeleteNo, it’s not, because Serbia is not EU member. It may be the hub for Balkan non EU members amd herself, which already is. But that’s about it about cargo
DeleteBUD and Hungary in general have benefited tremendously from being a xargo hub for central and eastern EU states.
DeleteSo what, it doesn't fly to the EU?
DeleteAll of this development makes me wonder whether Terminal 1 will eventually receive a substantial reconstruction as well.
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DeleteSo Air Serbia has the money to build a hotel but not to fix its cabins. Bizarre priorities.
ReplyDeleteThe two are processes that will take time. As the article states, this will be done slowly which is a good use of funds. JU is actually trying to form a sustainable business going forward.
Deletebuilding its own instead of renting is probably helping with longer term sustainability efforts. Also, they will probably lease out the hotel and office building to property managers and get additional revenue from that as well
DeleteOh, cabin guy again …
DeleteIts silly to upgrade cabins on 15+ years old planes. Waste of money for one always dissatisfied non customer
Well, I always prefer taking flight with airline company that I know has better cabins and better service , even on a shorter 2-3 hours flights, not mentioning long haul..Only if ticket price difers over 40% , then I'd take cheaper one , regardless the service
DeleteGood for you
DeleteWhat is that blue curve on the road plan? Railway is much further west, so it's not it. Proposed metro alignment or what?
ReplyDeleteIt's a road
DeleteI don't see the need for the blue road as the will already be another crossing of the motorway maybe 100 metres to the west, meaning the new interchange.
DeleteCan someone provide a bit more info about the road infrastructure development? Some additional picture, or links? I find it difficult to figure out how the final road access network would look like in the end. It may be a "me problem" with blueprints like these.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the start of the runway in the blueprint, so that will be a good guide as to where it is located.
DeleteIt is located just before the start of the new Air Serbia building where the current highway exit is for the airport
DeleteThanks guys, it really was a “me problem” with this blueprint. I see it now. Of all the green lines, I somehow didn’t notice the ones showing the existing roads. It seemed improbable that they would create a second cloverleaf interchange so close to the one for the E70 & E75 roads. 😄
DeleteCheck out the latest video on the Youtube channel called ''Sergio Spector''
DeleteNo one is talking about expanding B platform...
ReplyDeleteBEG is struggling with remote stands as well. C18 will help but one gate will not resolve an accute issue. BEG needs to double B stands to accommodate 10-15 more aircraft, ATRs, Embraers but also planes on overnight stay, etc. It seems to be truly struggling with those parking areas
They just recently added more parking stands
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