Pulkovo Airport
St Petersburg airport, where Russia said Stephen Hubbard was handed to a US envoy.
Pulkovo has served St Petersburg since 1932. Northern Capital Gateway operates the airport, which links the city to domestic and international air routes.
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Pulkovo is the airport serving St Petersburg in north-western Russia. Its operator places it about 23 kilometres from Palace Square in the city centre. The airport dates its opening to 24 June 1932, when two aircraft arrived from Moscow carrying passengers and mail. Its early passenger and postal services linked the city, then called Leningrad, with Moscow. Pulkovo history.
Northern Capital Gateway has managed Pulkovo since 2010. A new central passenger terminal began trial operations on 4 December 2013, initially serving six arriving and departing flights. The older Pulkovo-1 terminal subsequently underwent reconstruction and reopened in February 2015. These successive terminal developments form part of an airport history stretching back to the early years of Soviet civil aviation. Airport operator, terminal opening, airport history.
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