FBOs
Records, Setbacks for Pulkovo-3 FBO in St. Petersburg
The FBO, which entered service five years ago, experienced a traffic bump last year.
(Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
(Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

The Pulkovo-3 Center for Business Aviation experienced a significant increase in traffic last year thanks to the FIFA 2018 World Cup that Russia hosted, according to statistics released last week at the RUBAE 2019 business aviation show. Located inside the fence of the Pulkovo International, the only airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, the center last year served 4,292 business aviation flights carrying 26,746 passengers. Of those passengers, 6,558 (24.5 percent) were registered between June 14 and July 15, when the football matches took place.