A new passenger terminal will be constructed at Dushanbe International Airport (DIA) on the site of the old terminal, with a planned capacity of approximately three million passengers per year. The announcement was made by Zainullo Sharifzoda, Chairman of Dushanbe International Airport, at a news conference in Dushanbe press conference on January 28.
According to him, the design phase has been completed, and construction of the new terminal — to be built on the site of the former domestic flights terminal — will begin in the coming days. The project is expected to be completed within two years.
“We will begin construction of the new terminal in the near future. It will be built on the site of the old domestic terminal, and the final design work is currently being completed. The new terminal will be able to handle up to three million passengers per year and, together with the existing international terminal, will raise the airport’s total capacity to five million passengers annually,” Sharifzoda said.
An official in DIA told Asia-Plus that during the construction period, domestic flights will be handled through Terminal 1, located next to the old terminal building.
Meanwhile, Habibullo Nazarzoda, Head of Tajikistan’s Civil Aviation Agency, said on January 28 that in 2025 the international airports of Khujand, Bokhtar, and Kulob will also undergo reconstruction and modernization.
“We are working with investment banks to ensure that in 2026 new, modern passenger terminals are built at the airports of Kulob and Bokhtar with the involvement of investment funds,” Nazarzoda said.
According to the Dushanbe airport officials, 45 new units of ground handling equipment were purchased last year as part of infrastructure upgrades.
In addition, in 2025, taxiways and apron areas covering approximately 400,000 square meters were repaired and resurfaced. A new taxiway measuring 900 meters in length and 60 meters in width was constructed, along with a new apron area of 48,600 square meters designed to accommodate up to five aircraft simultaneously.
The airport did not disclose the cost of constructing the additional parking stands, taxiways, and apron areas.
Until 2014, DIA operated with only one terminal built during the Soviet era, which handled both domestic and international flights.
The airport’s modern international terminal, built with financing from France and VINCI Construction Grands Projets, was officially commissioned on September 3, 2014.