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Bucharest Aurel Vlaicu Airport (largely known as Băneasa Airport) is located in Băneasa
district, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) north of Bucharest, Romania.Named after Aurel Vlaicu, a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor and early pilot, it was Bucharest's only airport until 1965, when the Otopeni Airport (today Henri Coandă International Airport) was opened to civilian use.

In 1920, the airport headquartered the first aviation company in Romania, and one of the earliest in the world, the CFRNA (The French – Romanian Company for Air Navigation), the precursor of the Romanian national airline, TAROM. In 1923 the CFRNA built the industrial facilities for aircraft maintenance in Băneasa; on that base the aerospace company Romaero was created in the 1960s.

The current terminal building was designed in the late 1940s and opened in 1952. At that time it was considered one of the finest architectural features of Bucharest. The building consists of a central dome “ROTONDA” with three distinct wings A, B and C which represents an airplane propeller with three blades.
During the communist period (1947–1989), Băneasa Airport was TAROM's domestic hub, while Otopeni Airport was used as an international hub. In the early 2000s, TAROM moved all of its activities to Otopeni (renamed Henri Coandă International Airport).

Until March 2012, when it was converted into a business airport, Aurel Vlaicu International was the second airport in Romania in terms of air traffic, and Bucharest's low-cost hub.

The proposed destination of the wing "C” is to ensure the takeover and processing of passengers and luggage traffic, for business and general aviation officials for arrival and departure. Thus, the estimateted traffic will reach 30-35000 passengers / year. Given this goal and the recent nomination of the terminal building as architectural monument cathegory "A" with special value, it resulted the need to renovate completely internally(a new layout) and externally the Wing "C" of the passenger terminal, to respond to the requirements for processing, the passenger flows in and out of the country as well as checking the luggage.Apart of these main functions, the building has waiting halls, lounges for business meetings, press conferences, bars etc., for both passengers and their business partners, companions and journalists.
Wing "C" is developed on ground and first floor and a partial basement.Restoration of Wing"C" aimed to bring back the original architectural image and details, removing all the parasitic constructions added in time to the 1953 project. Inside, the layout had to be adapted to the new requirements for organising the space for passengers and luggage flows in and out of country, as well as to provide rooms for conferences, business meetings, sanitary facilities, bars, a small restaurant and medical facilities.These functions are developed mainly on ground and first floor, while the basement shelters tehnical facilities.