Construction will start next spring on Dnipro’s new airport runway, allowing for completion in the fall, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan promised

Construction will start next spring on Dnipro’s new airport runway, allowing for completion in the fall, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan promised on a visit to the city Friday. He said $35 million will be allocated to rebuild the cement runway in one construction season, allowing its use in 2020. Referring to President Poroshenko, who is running for reelection next spring, Omelyan said: “With the support of the President of Ukraine, we can do it, and Dnipropetrovsk region will finally get a quality airfield.” Of Ukraine’s five largest cities, Dnipro feels like the ugly duckling, with the lowest air traffic and shabbiest air terminal. Kharkiv businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky says he will invest in rebuilding the terminal, but only after the state makes good on its promise to fully rebuild the runway and approach aprons.