Terminal C of Kyiv Boryspil International Airport will go up for auction on Aug. 17, with bids starting at $4,700 per month, the State Property Fund announced.
Once the airport’s VIP terminal, it has sat abandoned since 2012.
There will be no limits on the building’s commercial use, meaning that whoever buys the space can open any kind of legal business there.
Much of Boryspil’s Soviet-era Terminal B has already been converted into offices. It remains to be seen whether Terminal C will follow suit.
Since 2016, Boryspil airport only uses the newly constructed D and F terminals, leaving three older terminals sitting empty and disused. The airport is now leasing out this unused space to contribute to the state budget.
Boryspil airport has managed to bounce back after low passenger traffic in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Jan-July 2021, Boryspil served 60% more passengers than in the same period in 2020.
The 2021 edition of Skytrax’s annual World Airport Awards, released at the start of the month, now ranks Boryspil among the top 5 airports in Eastern Europe by customer satisfaction.
Boryspil is also one of the top 15 busiest airports in Europe, according to the ACI Europe Report.
The airport has recently attracted new air carriers including Cyprus Airways, Flynas, Eurowing, Wizzair Abu Dhabi and others.
