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Timisoara Airport
Airport Directory » Romania » Timisoara » Timisoara AirportTimişoara "Traian Vuia" International (IATA: TSR, ICAO: LRTR) (also known as Giarmata Airport) is Romania's 3rd airport in terms of air traffic, after Bucharest Henri Coandă and Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Airport and the independent air transportation system hub for the western division of Romania. It is turn up in Timişoara, in the district of Banat, near the Hungarian and Serbian mete. The airport was renamed on February 6, 2003 in memory of Traian Vuia, a Romanian voyage open up and a Timiş County native.
History
Timişoara 's 1st airport (Timişoara Communal Airport) was made a few km off from the current airport's place, in the city of Moşniţa Veche. The 1st plane district there on July 17, 1935. The airport was reconstructed on its current place in the 1960s. The domestic voyages depot was opened in 1964. In 1980 the airport had International Airport position.
Traffic
In 2008 the airport assisted 957,000 riders and is anticipated to hit the 1st million riders in the coming after yr. TSR is 1 of the 4 airports in Romania capable of care jumbo jets, the independent airport for the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza euroregion and it is a back-up airport for Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Belgrade Airport and Budapest Airport.
Passenger figure
- 2000 - 223,133;
- 2001 - 251,404 (+ 12.7%);
- 2002 - 269,320 (+ 7.1%);
- 2003 - 331,495 (+ 23.1%);
- 2004 - 403,050 (+ 21.6%);
- 2005 - 611,705 (+ 51.8%);
- 2006 - 753,934 (+ 23.3%);
- 2007 - 836,518 (+ 24.5%);
- 2008 - 957,000 (+ 14.4%)
City access
Personal access
Access to the airport is possible from the European route DN6(E70). The airport is turn up in the N-E division of Timisoara, at a twelve kilometre distance from the town center, near Ghiroda small town.
Bus
The RATT jitney 26 links the depot to Timişoara town center. Its path is: Punctele Cardinale - P-ta Badea Cartan - Modern - Blocuri MApN - Aeroport
Taxi
There are normally a broad bush of cab waiting in the airport auto parkland, merely off the depot construction.
Rent a auto
Car renting services are available in the depot construction from Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt, Thrifty, City Car.
Passenger installations
- Snack bars
- Exchange business office
- Rent a auto
- ATM: BCR, BRD
- Travel office: Via Club
- Handicraft articles and publications: diverse papers
Latest tidings
- A new depot is advised to be made at Traian Vuia International Airpot for the low-cost corporations. The depot is necessary to manage the large figure of aircraft one time Wizz Air opens his new ground.
- Starting September 15 Carpatair will function daily voyages to Vienna
- Wizz Air, the biggest low-cost air hose found in Central and Eastern Europe denoted at a news conference on August eight that it would open its tenth functioning ground in Timisoara, Romania in March 2009. The airline programmes to deploy 3 new A320 aircraft and use over 100 staff in Timisoara in the next 3 yr, corresponding an investing of well over €100 million. Already in December the airline will establish voyages to London, Rome and Dortmund three clips a hebdomad each, come up to four from 11 March 2009. Also, there shall be five new paths presented at a time with the new ground opening in March 2009 (Barcelona, Milan Bergamo, Paris Beauvis, Valencia, Venice Treviso).
Military uses
The Traian Vuia International Airport was place of the Romanian Air Force 93rd Air Base. The 93rd Air ground was dissolved in August 2004 with the MiG-21 Lancers and IAR-330 travel to Câmpia Turzii for reassignment to 71st Air Base. The air ground also functioned the MiG-23 Flogger, which was retired in early 2002. Over 30 MiG-23s are still in storage at Timişoara Airport. The armed forces subdivision of the airport is now an annex of the 71st Air Base and functions the 714th Transport Helicopter Squadron, with the IAR 330 in service.
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