Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport

Used this airport multiple times for international and domestic arrivals and departures. Nice and clean. Airport staff are friendly. Provides jet bridge at almost every flight. In my opinion, it needs more coffee shops, eateries and lounges. Parking spot is located conveniently, close to the airport entrance.

SVO-SVX-HEL. Arrived mid morning from Moscow on domestic flight. There seem to be a good number of piers to allow access to the terminal building. Airport in the middle of being fully upgraded with building work everywhere estimated to be finished some time in 2014. Arrival was via various corridors that would not normally see passengers but the luggage was on the belt when we got there and then out into Arrivals. Airport not that busy so things seemed to run OK. Early morning Check-in for departure required basic suitcase scanning before Check-in which seemed a little slow. Security Scanning perfunctory - no need to get laptops out and shoes off with minimal queuing. Facilities in Departure Lounge limited but sufficient. Free WiFi available which was OK. Boarding directly via pier smooth.

Used to be very busy in the Soviet times since then reduced the traffic by at least 300%. At the same time the new terminal was built with more adequate waiting spaces. It is rather modern and clean. Food service is kind of slow. Public transportation to the city is not on top: and I used park-n-fly only once.

Modern airport surprisingly efficient compared with some other internal Russian airports. Arrival facilities good baggage on the conveyor without a long wait. On departure check in facilities were good security efficient and the Skyteam business lounge was of a high standard with free Internet connection although all drinks etc had to be paid for.