Ekaterinburg Koltsovo International Airport is waiting for an important event: in mid-November it will handle its 3 000 000th passenger of the year. It will be the first time for the last twenty years that Koltsovo shows such a result, quite high for a regional airport in this country. To commemorate this milestone event, Koltsovo Airport announces the “The Three-Millionth Passenger” action, according to which anyone who has checked in at Koltsovo in 2011 can participate in the drawing of pleasant prizes from the airport and its partners. The prizes will include tourist packages, air tickets, gift certificates a. o.  >>>

During the nine months of 2011, Ekaterinburg Koltsovo International Airport handled 2 548 280 passengers, a 23 percent increase year-on-year. The international passenger traffic grew by 17 percent (931 429 PAX), the domestic flow increased by 23 percent (1 394 107 PAX), and the increment of passengers on CIS flights was 54.6 percent (222 744 PAX). The number of aircraft departures was 15 064, which is 30.8 percent more than in the 9 months of the previous year. The airport handled 18 140 tonnes of freight and mail (+11.5%).  >>>

Today, onВ the OctoberВ 6, 2011, the official opening ceremony ofВ the rest room for airline passengers with the limited capabilities ofВ health “Sirius” (TerminalВ E) has been held inВ International Sheremetyevo Airport. The following persons were among the honored guests atВ the presentation ofВ rest room: President ofВ Paralympic Committee ofВ Russia, Commissioner for Human Rights inВ RFВ Vladimir Lukin, Director ofВ Department for disabled person affairs ofВ the Ministry ofВ Public Health and Social Development ofВ RFВ Grigoriy Lekarev, Executive Director of “United country” Foundation Mikhail Sinitsyn, President of “Social adaptation ofВ disabled persons and young people” Charitable Foundation Tatiana Melyakova.   >>>

Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport has drawn up the preliminary results of the project implemented since 25 August 2011 jointly with the RusLine airline to develop regional air services between Ekaterinburg and a number of cities in Russia and Kazakhstan. During that time, 1792 passengers have been carried on 75 scheduled flight pairs on 10 airways. In coming days, Koltsovo is expecting to handle the 2000th passenger of the regional program; he or she will receive presents form the airport and the airline.   >>>

In 2011, the reconstruction of the road connecting the airport with Moscow, which would allow the Moscow Domodedovo Airport to become more accessible to motorists, has begun.The traffic load on some parts of the highway during the peak load is much higher than the calculated rate of 14 thousand vehicles per day. The flow of vehicles has been increasing due to the dynamics of the airport itself - over 10 years, passenger traffic has grown from 2.8 million passengers in 2000 to 22.3 million passengers in 2010.Priority measures on the most problematic areas will be implemented with the support of the Ministry of Transport of Russia in the next three years: in particular, in 2011, there will be made a turn at 1 km of Kashirskoe Highway (Leninsky District), and the traffic light near Razvilka village, seriously impeding the movement at the entrance to Moscow, will be removed.In addition, in 2012 it is planned to build four elevated pedestrian crossings, which will increase the speed on the highway, and in 2013-201  >>>

OnВ the OctoberВ 2, 2011 “Air France” airline began toВ execute direct flights en-route Moscow — Marseilles. Flights toВ Provence capital will beВ executed four times per week from Terminal EВ ofВ International Sheremetyevo Airport. The celebratory registration ofВ passengers which departed toВ Marseilles was organized inВ Sheremetyevo Airport inВ honor ofВ such event. Those, who start onВ aВ tour onВ this day, obtained aВ possibility not only toВ get rapidly and comfortably toВ one ofВ the most picturesque cities ofВ France, but also toВ enter into history ofВ the airline asВ the first passengers ofВ flight AFВ 4317. Ceremony ofВ opening was conducted byВ Eric Shatard — Head ofВ Air France and KLM Office inВ Russia and Commonwealth ofВ Independent States. Director ofВ organization management ofВ passenger transportations Andrey Nikulin represented International Sheremetyevo Airport.  >>>

OnВ the OctoberВ 2, 2011, International Sheremetyevo Airport directed the telegrams to “Avianova” airline with the purpose toВ explain the reasons why itВ stopped selling the tickets from 03.10.2011, confirm the execution ofВ summer flight program, and also toВ confirm plans ofВ flight program execution inВ the winter period asВ soon asВ possible.   >>>

OnВ the OctoberВ 2, 2011, International Sheremetyevo Airport directed the telegrams to “Avianova” airline with the purpose toВ explain the reasons why itВ stopped selling the tickets from 03.10.2011, confirm the execution ofВ summer flight program, and also toВ confirm plans ofВ flight program execution inВ the winter period asВ soon asВ possible.   >>>

The delegation of Moscow Domodedovo Airport is participating in the 17th World Aviation Forum, The World Route Development-2011, which has been held in Berlin (Germany) October 2-4, 2011.The World Forum “Routes” is one of the major aviation events worldwide. It is the leading platform for negotiation and communication between representatives of airports and airlines around the world.Participation in the “Routes” Forum will make it possible for Domodedovo to present its current and potential business partners the promising projects of the airport. In particular, the largest construction project of expanding the passenger terminal will be presented at the forum. This will be the biggest single passenger terminal in Russia and Eastern Europe, with all halls under one roof. With the commissioning of all its segments, the area of the passenger terminal of Domodedovo Airport will increase 9-fold, up to 920,000 sq m. Domodedovo has also a plan of increasing its international cargo terminal from 160,000 to 360,000 to  >>>

On September 27, at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, there was a presentation held devoted to the development program titled “Prospects for Development of Domodedovo. Domodedovo Aerotropolis”. Construction and development projects, which may be harbingers of creation of the Domodedovo Aerotropolis, were presented to Russian and foreign journalists.The chairman of the Board of Directors Dmitry Kamenshchik reported that the amount of owned investments in development of the airport from 2011 until 2020 would be 108 bln rubles. Most of the airport's own funds will be used for implementation of construction projects. Pavel Cherepkov, the Managing Director of DOMODEDOVO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, spoke about the most ambitious ones. These are reconstruction and building of a passenger terminal, a total floor area of which will be increased by more than 9 times (by 2017); construction of multi-storey car parks will allow to increase the number of parking spaces by 2014 up to 9700 places; expansion of the cargo terminal wil  >>>

September 22, 2011, "Transaero" airline operated its first flight from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Madrid (Barajas).Transaero will be operating flights to the Barajas International Airport twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, on a modern B-737 airliner. The aircraft, which is taken into long-term operating lease, is particularly comfortable. Its total capacity is 158 seats. The entire interior of the aircraft’s cabin is made in accordance with the most modern technology Boeing Sky Interior.The first flight of Transaero to the Spanish capital was demanded by passengers. It was carried out with almost full load. In addition to Transaero, regular flights from Domodedovo Airport to Madrid are being carried out by S7 Airlines and Iberia.Due to the launch of the new flight, air travelers will have more opportunities for direct flights to Spain and for convenient transfer connections with other Russian and foreign flights at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.   >>>

A press tour for the journalists of Russian and foreign mass media and the bloggers will be held in Moscow Airport Domodedovo on 27 September 2011 at 11:00. The theme of the tour is Long-term Development of Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Domodedovo Aerotropolis.The key speakers are the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Moscow Domodedovo Airport Dmitry Kamenshik, the Head of the Domodedovo Municipal Territory Administration Dmitry Gorodetsky, Professor, Ph. D. of the North Carolina State University and the founder of the Aerotropolis territorial development theory John Casarda.The tour guests will obtain the information on the strategic construction and development projects of Moscow Domodedovo Airport: construction of the cargo village and multi-level parking, development of the airfield complex, and reconstruction of the terminal building, etc. They will learn about the project for the airport city - Aerotropolis Domodedovo - a new form of urban development, which incl  >>>

The launch in August 2011 of RusLine’s new regional air services from Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport has provided the people from Russia and Kazakhstan with the opportunities to travel from one region to another directly rather than via the capital airports. Thus, for example, one can use Koltsovo as the transfer airport when travelling from Magnitogorsk to Omsk and Tyumen, from Perm to Kazan, Krasnodar, Omsk, Orenburg, Tyumen and Bishkek, as well as from Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Orenburg, Tyumen, Omsk, Kostanay and Karagandy to a number of popular destinations1. The timetable is aimed at providing transfer passengers with minimum connection times.   >>>

As a part of the 1st All-Russian Summer Sports Spartakiad for physically challenged people, which has been held in Moscow September 14-20 and was attended by 1750 athletes from more than 50 regions of Russia, Domodedovo Airport provided meeting and seeing the sports delegations off.The staff of Moscow Domodedovo Airport Assistance Service for Passengers with Reduced Mobility have ensured the most rapid and convenient passage of all the necessary formalities (check in, assistance in obtaining and registration of their baggage) when meeting the special category of passengers on their arrival at the airport and escorting them when boarding or leaving the aircraft. The services are provided by the airport free of charge, not only to the athletes, but also to all passengers with reduced mobility. In order to take advantage of them, a passenger or their accompanying person, when purchasing tickets, shall inform the carrier company that the passenger is of a special category.Airport infrastructure is constantly bein  >>>

Starting from 1 October 2011, it will be possible to fly from Ekaterinburg to the Chinese capital on any day of the week except Monday. The scheduled air services between the two cities offered by Air China (Tuesdays and Fridays) and Ural Airlines (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) will be supplemented by S7 Airlines, which will operate scheduled flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  >>>

September 17th, 2011, the first flight of SriLankan Airlines - the national carrier of the Republic of Sri Lanka - landed at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.Among the first passengers, who arrived in Moscow, there was the Ambassador of Russia to the Republic of Sri Lanka, Mr. Vladimir Mikhailov, Commercial Director of SriLankan Airlines, Mr. Mohamad Fazil, and the Airlines’ regional manager in Russia, the Far East and Africa, Mr. Lal Perera. Upon arrival at Domodedovo, the delegation from Sri Lanka was met by representatives of the airport, as well as by members of the community of the republic of Sri Lanka in Russia. Prior to the departure to Moscow, priests of the four Sri Lankan religions have made the rites of blessing the new flight.SriLankan Airlines will be operating flights from the Bandaranaike International Airport to Domodedovo Airport twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, using modern A320 airliner, which has a comfortable arrangement and is equipped with the latest version of the infotainment syst  >>>

On September 14 the icon of Mother of God The Inexhaustible Cup arrived to Moscow Domodedovo Airport. It was delivered from Thessaloniki to the Temple of Prophet Elijah of the Pushkinskoe deanery of the Moscow diocese. The icon arrived accompanied by several pilgrims and the monk Joseph from Mount Athos. The Archpriest Vitaly Yakimchuk and parishioners met the Orthodox relic at the airplane ramp.Upon arrival of the icon, in the passenger terminal of Domodedovo Airport, the prayer was served attended by parishioners, passengers and airport employees. After the prayer, the icon was taken to the Vysotsky monastery in Serpukhov, where it will stay close with the miraculous icon of the same name, and from 18 to 20 September 2011 it will be available for worship in the temple of the Prophet Elijah in Lesnoy settlement of Pushkin district, Moscow Region.Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the first among Russian airports to open an Orthodox chapel of Archangel Michael in 2001. The chapel is located on the second floor of t  >>>

Security is a priority for Moscow Domodedovo Airport. We are interested in strengthening the measures to counter the terrorist threat to the transportation infrastructure by all stakeholders and consider the filing of an application on contestation of a legal act (Order No. 40 of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation) to the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation as a tool for improving the legislation.The Requirements for the transportation security that take into account the security levels for various categories of transport infrastructure facilities and air transportation means (hereinafter, the Requirements) approved by Order No. 40 dated February 8, 2011 need to be modified.Specifically, some paragraphs of the Requirements establish the obligation of the transport infrastructure facility to identify potential offenders. But a person becomes the offender only after the wrongdoing is committed (the intent itself is not an offence).The Requirements also demand from airports and o  >>>

International Sheremetyevo Airport summed upВ the results ofВ production activity inВ August and eight months ofВ 2011. AВ quantity ofВ the serviced passengers from the beginning ofВ year has grown byВ 17% toВ 14В mln 880 thousands inВ comparison with the analogous period ofВ the last year.   >>>

Moscow Domodedovo Airport together with the Russian Football Union has organized a solemn reception ceremony for the sportsmen and press-conference devoted to the victory of our team. Triumphators were greeted by the Russian Football Union President Sergey Fursenko, General Director of the RFU Andrey Balashov, fans and mass media representatives.After the congratulations with this victory, so long awaited, Mr. Fursenko also expressed his gratitude to Moscow Domodedovo Airport for the facilitation of after-flight formalities to be fast and comfortable for the World Cup winning team.Moscow Domodedovo Airport is one of the fastest growing airports in Russia and Eastern Europe. For 10 years, passenger traffic has increased almost 10-fold, from 2.8 million in 2000 to 22.3 million passengers in 2010.More than 80 Russian and foreign airlines are partners of the airport. Domodedovo Airport has been chosen for the flight to Moscow by the members of the world's leading aviation alliances—Star Alliance, oneworld and Sky  >>>

“Moscow - Amman is one of the most exclusive destinations of Domodedovo airport, which is in constant demand from passengers,” said Igor Borisov, director of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. “During the period of our cooperation, we have become reliable partners to each other, maintaining the tradition of providing high quality service to our customers.”“We are very appreciative of the level of services, which we have received at Domodedovo from the first day of our work,” said the General Representative of Royal Jordanian Airlines in Russia. According to Mr. Ibrahim Al Mahadina, during the five years of cooperation, Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport has made great progress and is changing right before our eyes. The airport has a good prospect of becoming the world's largest international hub.Domodedovo Airport and Royal Jordanian Airlines, noting their five-year collaboration, greeted passengers of the anniversary flight with a noteworthy event. A festive mood was created for passengers at the start of their journey,   >>>

In summer of 2012, Ekaterinburg will play Host to the International Route Development Forum – Routes CIS – and this will be the first time for the event to be held in Russia. Traditionally the Event has been attended by decision makers from the world leading airports and largest airlines, and to be chosen Host of Routes CIS means a chance to showcase to the Forum guests from CIS countries, Europe and Asia economic, industrial, and tourism potential of the Host city and its airport. Routes gives an opportunity within a short amount of time to conduct a number of one-to-one meetings with business partners from all over the world. Over 17 years of its existence Routes has acquired a well deserved renown and has proved its claim of being the main aviation event worldwide which helps make connections between airlines and airports and announce new air services.  >>>

From August 31 to September 2, Moscow Domodedovo Airport held a traditional plane spotting for enthusiasts of aviation photography, professionals, regular participants of spotting activities and novice photographers. Over the course of three days, over 150 photographers visited and had an excellent opportunity to capture the aircraft of Domodedovo’s airline partners during takeoff, landing and taxiing on the airfield.“I am glad that Domodedovo Airport was first to introduce the practice of plane spotting into Russia, following the leading European airports,” said one of the well-known aviation photographers. Inal Khaev. “This is a great opportunity to take beautiful pictures from unusual angles. I am very grateful to Domodedovo Airport for the attention accorded to plane spotters.”For those who participated in plane spotting for the first time—and there were more than 50 such people—Domodedovo Airport organized a competition for the best picture, called "The first time—first class!" To participate in the phot  >>>

On September 3, the international day of solidarity in the fight against terrorism, volunteers of the Moscow Children’s NGO "Commonwealth", together with passengers, visitors and staff of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport, commemorated the victims of the terrorist attacks that occurred on January 24 of this year. Similar events were also held on that day at 12 locations in Moscow, where explosions have taken place over the years.At the conclusion of the event, Domodedovo Airport organized a tour for the children, during which they learned some basic facts about the comprehensive security system at the largest air harbor in the country.They showed the kids the most modern equipment used by aviation security at the airport: gas detection systems, millimeter-wave scanning systems, stationary and portable equipment to detect explosives, etc.The greatest interest was aroused by a new generation of scanner, SafeScout 100, first introduced into Russia’s common security system at Domodedovo. Its use significantly increased  >>>

“In August, passenger traffic is traditionally the highest of the year, due to the completion of the holiday season,” commented Igor Borisov, director of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, on the August results. “This year August was no exception: for the first time in history, passenger traffic has exceeded 3 million people and totaled 3,000,016. The highest "peak" occurred on August 14, when 109,239 passengers were served, and set an absolute record for all activities at the airport.Passengers returning home after their summer vacations are attracted by the wide network of routes connecting Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, the largest number of unique routes of all the airports in the capital.Passenger traffic on international routes totaled 1,000,870 people, up 21.6% over the same period last year.On domestic routes, 1,146,000 people were served, which represents an increase of 18.9%, compared to August, 2010.The number of flights in August, 2011 increased by 14.9%, compared with August of last year, and it was done  >>>