Binghatti Aerocity: The future is now

Airport World
Joe Bates
01 Dec 2025

Despite plans to build a new terminal at Bucharest’s existing Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP), investors have unveiled plans to construct a second gateway for the Romanian capital in Adunatii-Copaceni in Giurgiu County, approximately 40 kilometres from the Bulgarian border.

Provisionally called Binghatti Aerocity, the proposed new international airport (pictured above) in the southern metropolitan area of Bucharest is moving forward with strong governmental backing and international collaboration, including design input from leading UK firm Scott Brownrigg.

This ambitious project, initially aimed at alleviating capacity constraints at OTP before potentially replacing it, promises to transform Romania and Eastern Europe’s connectivity and economic growth by developing an airport ultimately capable of handling up to 40 million passengers and 500,000 tonnes of cargo per annum.

Being developed by a joint venture between Jetstream and the Property Sud Invest, the plan is to construct the airport in three phases over the coming decades, opening with an initital capacity of 12-15mppa and 100,000 tonnes of cargo in 2028...

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