OREANDA-NEWS. Basel Aero, a part of Russia's largest industrial diversified group Basic Element, announces that Krasnodar International Airport increased passenger turnover by 32.2% year on year to 327,200 passengers in January-May 2014.

The airport served 222,500 passengers on domestic routes (33% increase) and 104,700 people on international ones (30,7% increase).

June 15 set a new record for the hub's overload with 14,218 passengers served. The previous records were registered in August 2013 when the Krasnodar airport handled 13,400 passengers.

Basel Aero CEO Leonid Sergeyev: "After the revamp of the airport's terminals, we've started a construction of a new multimodal transport hub. It will unite the city's public transportation and railroad."