The offer that won the competition to upgrade the airport in the Yamalo-Nenets Region's administrative center, Salekhard, cuts investments from the region's budget by 3 billion rubles ($33 million). A new terminal is due to be commissioned in 2027, the region's Governor Dmitry Artukhov said.

"We have another example of a highly effective competition: we have cut co-investments in Novy Urengoy to zero, and we've received both a new terminal, the runway, the equipment, which passengers may not notice, but which costs a fortune. <…> Here [the Salekhard airport], the effect is also good - the offer, which has won, cuts the budget's co-financing by 3 billion rubles," he said.

Thus, the region will use the remaining funds for other priority tasks, he continued. The parties plan to conclude an agreement within a month, the airport design plan would require a year, and the construction - two plus years.

"In 2024 we will design [the airport], in 2025-2026 we will start the construction. I think, in 2027, guests and people living in Salekhard will take flights from the new terminal," the governor said.