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Braşov International Airport Project – Risks and Opportunities. This paper aims to evaluate from a geographical point of view the impact of the planned airport to the Romanian air transport system. As every project has strengths and weaknesses, in this paper I tried to highlight those aspects that could be fundamental for the new airport operation. The success of a transport infrastructure facility depends on the relationship between transport demands (requested by the population and economy) and the transport capacity (supply). As transport demand is hard to be predicted we are forced to evaluate some aspects of the social and economic system of the territory. Braşov metropolitan area has around 400,000 inhabitants, a thriving economy and also an outstanding tourist potential which are the strengths of this project. On the other hand, the proximity of Braşov to the capital, which is the most important location in the Romanian air transportation system, could cause a problem. Also hard competition can be expected from Sibiu and Targu Mureş airports as well. The key issue in the success of Braşov airport will be probably the quality and amount of services and the number of international destinations provided. In this point of view the airport management will be crucial.

Keywords: airport traffic, service area, proximity, “low cost” airlines.