Yemelyanova Airport located 37 km northwest of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has launched its new cargo terminal, part of an ongoing large-scale project to create a large intermodal transport hub at the airport. The airport was recently in the news over Russia’s banning of Lufthansa Cargo overflight rights unless the carrier shifted its Asian refueling and distribution hub from Astana Kazakhstan to either Yemelyanova or Novosibirsk, also located in Siberia. Lufthansa Cargo has refused on the grounds there are inadequate facilities at the two airports. Yemelyanova opened in 1980 and is the main hub of KrasAir and Sibaviatrans. The 4,000 square metre terminal can handle all types of cargo including special cargoes. Total investment in the new facility totalled RUR350 million (US$14.3 million).