The airport’s passenger terminal building, which the Culture Ministry listed as historic monument of national and universal importance in 2011, is currently being rehabilitated to implement the city airport concept.
The first stage of the airport’s modernization process, which consisted of upgrades to the General Aviation Terminal building, was completed in December 2011. The next stage will include the upgrade of the other three buildings currently used for low-cost traffic, which will me moved to the Henri Coanda (Otopeni) airport starting March 25.
As the airport is an historic monument, the Bucharest National Airport Company has adopted an intervention plan that also includes preservation works. The airport company will soon set off a public auction to award design and construction works.
Gheorghe Marmureanu, head of the Romanian Institute for Earth Physics, said last year that Romania might be shaken in the upcoming period by low-magnitude earthquakes and no major earthquakes are expected to hit Romania until at least 2030.