The installation was put on display in the middle of Domodedovo passenger terminal. It is dedicated to commencing direct air communication between Moscow and Bologna operated by Eurofly. The images feature vivid and colorful portrait of Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Thanks to Eurofly flights performed twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays from Domodedovo airport our travelers can see by their own eyes the magnificent views of this Italian province and taste the exquisite Italian cuisine in Bologna, its gourmet capital. The installation is organized by Domodedovo airport, Russian ZOOM and PhotoTRAVEL magazines with the support from Bureau of tourism of Emilia-Romagna region. The technical partner of the exhibition is Hewlett Packard.   >>>

April, 14th VIM-Avia airlines opens new flights to Yekaterinburg from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. Two flights a day will be performed on the board of YAK-42. The passenger traffic growth' dynamics en route Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Moscow stays high: the number of passengers traveled on this route in 2007 was 772 000, that is 34,5% more against last year.VIM-Avia's Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Moscow flight schedule (local time)  >>>

EAST LINE Group will commence the implementation of the next stage of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo development and will begin the construction of Passenger Terminal 2 in early 2009.Terminal 2 will adjoin the existing building of the passenger terminal from current international flights sector side and will be dedicated to serving international flights. In addition to the Terminal 2 itself the project features a boarding gallery with 19 air bridges, aircraft stands as well as relevant infrastructure with road junctions.The projected cost of the development is 10 billion rubles and it will be funded using EAST LINE Group’s own resources.The project will be implemented in three stages. During Stage 1, the new building of Terminal 2 together with boarding gallery with 8 air bridges will be constructed and put in operation by 2011 to cover 92 thousand square meters capable of handling between 4 and 5 million passengers per year.Stage 2 works scheduled to be completed by 2015 include the exte  >>>

Since January, 2005 Moscow International Airport Domodedovo has been steadily maintaining its leading position in Moscow aviation hub in terms of passenger traffic. According to performance results for March 2008, the airport welcomed 4,081,488 passengers between January and March 2008, that is 23.6% a rise over the same period of 2007. The passenger traffic in March, 2008 totaled 1,452,795 people, or 23.9% more than in March, 2007. Flights to Saint-Petersburg, Krasnodar, Bangkok, Vienna, Novosibirsk, Dushanbe, Phuket, Mineralnye Vody, Madrid, and Khabarovsk registered the highest growth. From January through March, 2008, the airport serviced 773 320 passengers flying to these destinations, that is 1.7 times more than in first three months of 2007. The intensity of take-offs and landing operations in March, 2008 was 14 699, an increase to the same period of last year by 14.3%.  >>>

Photo galleryin the picture in the middle:Dr. Holger Haetty, Member of the Board, Lufthansa.Mr Sergey Rudakov, Director of Airport Complexfrom left to right:Mr Fabian Bade, Regional Manager, LufthansaMr Michael Erfert, Director Alliances & Co-operations, LufthansaDr. Holger Haetty, Member of the Board, Lufthansa.Dr. Karsten Benz, Vice President Sales & Services Europe, LufthansaMr Daniel Burkard, Director for Business Development, DomodedovoMr Sergey Rudakov, Director of Airport Complex, DomodedovoMr Stephan Bleyer, Process and Quality Manager Russian Federation and C.I.S.Professor Heinz Ruhnau, Advisor to the ChairmanMr Thilo Schmidt, Director General, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs. From April 1, Lufthansa started flying to Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. After a week, the official delegation comprising the airline's and German Government top officials came to the airport to participate in the ceremony of opening the Star Alliance member's business-lounge and new back-of  >>>

From April, 5th Montenegro Airlines develops its partnership with Domodedovo and starts operating flights to Tivat. The flights will be performed by aircraft Fokker-100, with capacity of 100 seats. Tivat-Moscow-Tivat flight schedule Route Flight Departure*  >>>

The main topic of the Second Specialized Business Forum "Catering Director 2008" is "operating and marketing decisions for effective market development and increasing profitability of catering industry operators". The forum is held in Milan Hotel, Moscow on April, 3-5. The event gathered more than 350 participants, including senior managers and owners of catering companies. The Forum also hosts the In-flight Catering Conference. A representative of Domodedovo Air Service, the in-flight catering facility of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo will make a presentation focusing on specific features of in-flight food production, cost reduction, applied technologies, and composition and packing of meals.The Forum participants will be invited to visit Domodedovo in-flight catering facility, where they will see the production process, including the cook-and-chill technology. During the tour, the facility’s modern equipment and soft drinks filling department will be demonstrated. * * *Domodedovo Air Service is R  >>>

Today, April 1st, German airlines Lufthansa, the largest foreign carrier in Russia, transferred all its Moscow flights from Sheremetyevo to Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. Lufthansa is the leader of Star Alliance, one of the biggest air carriers’ alliances in the world. Currently, six members of the alliance – Swiss, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Austrian Airlines, bmi and Spanair – have been operating in Domodedovo. Thus, one Moscow airport will have most of Star Alliance members. Lufthansa will connect Domodedovo with five German cities – Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. The airline will be operating 69 services to Domodedovo per week. Its first flight Lufthansa performed tonight. The first flight LH3196 from Munich performed by Airbus A319 landed tonight at 2 hrs 15 min. "We have spent few years on negotiations and 9 months for preparing the shift of Lufthansa operations to Domodedovo airport. Enormous work has been accomplished to upgrade and renovate the airport inf  >>>

As from 30 March 2008, Malev has switched its Moscow service to the modern Moscow International Airport Domodedovo, the air hub able to meet all the demands of the travelling public and also the terminal used by oneworld member airlines and AiRUnion.   >>>

As from March, 30 China Eastern Airlines upon switching to Daylight Saving Time, will recommence the flights en route Shanghai (Pudong) – Moscow (Domodedovo). The flights will be performed by airbuses А330-200, А340-300, and А340-600.  >>>

Yesterday, on March 26, a conference organised by the RF Federal Transportation Control Service, "Experiences and problems in technical operation of TU-154M aircraft and their flying fitness maintenance objectives", was held on the basis of Domodedovo Aviation Technical Base CJSC. The conference presidium included: the Chief Designer of Tupolev OJSC, A. S. Shengardt, the Director General of the State Civil Aviation Research Institute, V. S. Shapkin, the Deputy Head of the Department for Control over Maintenance of the Civil Aircraft Flying Fitness of the RF Federal Transportation Control Service, A. V. Devochkin, the Managing Director of Domodedovo ATB CJSC, V. E. Prokopchuk, the Chief Engineer of Aeroflot Russian Airlines OJSC, A. V. Khakhalin, the Deputy Director General of Aviakor - Samara Plant CJSC, A. V. Gusev, and the Deputy Director of the Domodedovo airport complex, N. V. Voloshin.The event participants also included representatives of VARZ-400 OJSC, Aeroflot - Russian Airlines OJSC, UTAir, Siberian   >>>

Upon summarizing 2007 results, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo took the 1st place in terms of growth rate in its group and the honorable 19th place among European airports. Domodedovo was also recognized the leader among airports of Eastern Europe. These results were announced at the Annual ACI Europe Conference held on March, 20 in Brussels. The overall passenger traffic of European airports increased by 6.5% in 2007 compared with 2006. It shows the effective and stable growth of European airport's development.Moscow International Airport Domodedovo, nominated in three categories, was recognized the leader in Group 2 comprising airports whose passenger traffic varies between 10 and 25 million people per year. Domodedovo' annual passenger traffic growth reached 22%. It is followed by Berlin Templehof, Dublin, Athens, Milan-Malpensa and Geneva airports. * * *Airports Council International (ACI) is the only worldwide professional association of airport operators. ACI EUROPE represents some 400 airports   >>>

Winners of the Children’s Drawing Contest “Meet Your Childhood Dreams in the Airport of the Future” took Domodedovo–Paris flight to the city of eternal childhood, Disneyland. Representatives of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo and sponsors of the event honored the winners, 8-year old Bogdan Kuplevatskiy from Pechora, Republic of Komi; 7-year old Yulia Kiseleva from Moscow and 11-year old Maksim Sarychev from Vidnoe, Moscow region. Kids will spend a week in Paris and will visit Disneyland. The jury also praised some participants who could not make it through to the contest final. Thus, the youngest artist, only 3-year old Semen Ivanov from Moscow received the special prize from Murzilka magazine, the compete set of magazines for 2007 and a toy. Bogdan, who has been in the focus of everybody’s attention, was a little anxious for this was going to be the first flight in his life. The boy’s drawings helped him to make two of his dreams come true at once – to visit Disneyland and to watch t  >>>

Georgian Airways recommences air transportation with Moscow. The late evening round-trip Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi service will be performed daily. Air communication between Georgia and Russia as well as other transport connection was aborted by Russian side in October, 2006. Yesterday, March 19th, Russian aviation authorities informed Georgia on their consent to recommence the air communication from March, 25 2008 based on existing arrangements between the aviation authorities of both countries concerning operation of dedicated airlines’ services, - Russian Department of Transportation reported.   >>>

Yesterday, March 19, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo and Singapore Airlines held a joint press-conference at Marriott Grand Hotel’s press-centre on the occasion of launching new Singapore – Moscow (DME) – Houston flight. The first service is to fly on March, 20. Upon commencing the new route, Singapore Airlines flights will be offered daily. Thus, in addition to three flights a week operated earlier on Singapore – Dubai – Moscow (DME) route, there will be 4 more Singapore – Moscow (DME) – Houston services. The new non-stop flights to the fourth major US city will be performed by Boeing-777-300ER, which is fitted with state-of-the-art equipment, developed by Singapore airlines’ designers for all three classes. Representatives from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo, Singapore Airlines and Aviareps AG Russia and CIS participated in the joint press-conference dedicated to the new flight. “Moscow is gaining strategic importance to Singapore Airlines, since it links the US largest industrial ce  >>>

Moscow International Airport Domodedovo traditionally participates in the annual International Travel & Tourism Exhibition “Mitt”, which takes place at the Expocentre on Krasnaya Presnya between March 19th and 22th. Visitors of the stand presented by Moscow International Airport Domodedovo will get to seeMoscow leading airport’s achievements and will learn of its development prospects Moreover, in the framework of the exhibition, the airport representatives will participate in the series of business meetings with Russian and international colleagues to establish and develop partner relations in tourism and air transport fields. Moscow International Airport Domodedovo’ stand is located in hall 1, stand A506.  >>>

On March 18, 2008 Eurofly introduced a new Bologna–Moscow (Domodedovo)–Bologna flight. The services will be operated twice a week by A320 aircraft. The first scheduled service on this route will fly today, and will be offered on Tuesdays and Fridays thereafter.   >>>

According to the February 2008 operation results, Moscow Domodedovo International Airport continues to remain the leader among Moscow airports in terms of passenger traffic. The airport welcomed 1,257,484 passengers in February 2008, which is a 25.6% increase as compared to February 2007. The following destinations demonstrated the greatest passenger traffic growth: St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Bangkok, Vienna, Novosibirsk, Dushanbe, Phuket, Mineralnye Vody, Madrid, and Dubai. In January/February 2008, Domodedovo serviced 542,853 passengers traveling to these destinations, which is 1.7 times the number of passengers serviced on flights to these destinations in the first two months of 2007.   >>>

showpostcardDomodedovo Moscow International Airport sends its best wishes of happiness and joy to all women on the occasion of the 8th March!In this day of Spring, beauty and love Domodedovo passenger terminal hosts an exhibition “Women of Domodedovo Airport”. Fancy and glamorous pictures by Michael Korolev, a well-known Russian photographer, feature portraits of women working at the airport. There are three frames with mirrors instead of pictures so that lady visitors of the airport could see themselves for passengers are as much a part of the airport.All women who visited Domodedovo airport on 8th March will receive flowers from genuine French mimes.  >>>

Domodedovo Moscow International Airport attended ITB-2008, Germany’s largest travel industry fair. The event gathered representatives of all segments of travel industry –international federations for tourism, national and regional tourist organizations, airports, airlines, transport agencies and many others. The Domodedovo stand features the airport’s achievements and development plans, aviation and non-aviation businesses and unique passenger services available at the airport. Domodedovo shares its stand with its partners, leading Russian carriers S7 and Transaero as well as with European Transport Clearing House (TCH Europe). Yesterday, at the opening evening, Domodedovo airport and TCH Europe held a joint press-conference dedicated to prospects of passenger transportation between Russia and Europe. The annual travel trade show in Berlin is a major international event in the tourism industry, which provides the opportunity for business networking, signing contracts, and demonstrating one’s  >>>

Today EAST LINE Ticket Agency holds the “Greek Travel Solutions. Summer 2008” Reception and Presentation at RITZ CARLTON MOSCOW in partnership with the Ministry for Tourism of Greece, Russian Union of Tourism Industry, Transaero Airline, as well as Aldemar, Capsis, Grecotel hotel chains and Hellenic Tours travel agency. The event is attended by over 100 travel agencies of Moscow and Moscow region including Inna Tour, Intourist, Master Otdyha, Mouzenidis Tour, UTE Megapolis and many others. EAST LINE Ticket Agency presents new leisure tourism programmes previously not featured in the Russian market and offers brand new exclusive Island-Hopping travel solution. The offer provides getaway travelers an opportunity to visit more places and enjoy the beaches of different islands within one trip. EAST LINE Ticket Agency holds a workshop covering specific features of Greek islands traveling, hotel accommodation etc. A special topic of the workshop is dedicated to the infrastructure of Domodedovo Moscow  >>>

The third international conference and exhibition “Aircraft Maintenance and Repairs: Prospects of the Russian Market” will be held on March 3 – 5, 2008 at Holiday Inn Sokolniki. The event provides its participants with the opportunity to discuss solutions for the most important problems associated with maintenance and repairs of aircraft, exchange opinions with industry experts, and establish business contacts. Domodedovo Moscow International Airport is represented by EAST LINE TECHNIQUE, a member of EAST LINE Group, the airport’s managing company. EAST LINE TECHNIQUE is the only organisation that maintains flying fitness of foreign-made aircraft in Russia. It is not part of an airline and therefore it does not have preferred clients among aircraft operators. The Wheels and Brakes Maintenance and Repairs Shop operated by EAST LINE TEKNIK offers the foreign-made aircraft wheel and brake maintenance and repair service to Russian and CIS air carriers. Participants of the conference and exhibition   >>>

In view of the upcoming election of the President of the Russian Federation, temporary voting stations No.412, No.413, and No.414 will operate at Moscow Domodedovo International Airport on March 2, 2008.Passengers and airport visitors unable to vote on March 2 at their places of permanent residence will be able to cast their ballots at one of the airport’s voting stations, provided they present absentee certificates which may be obtained from territorial or precinct election commissions. Airport employees on duty will also be able to vote at one of the airport’s voting stations.Voting station No.412 will be organised between the VIP lounge and the first check-in island. Voting station No.413 will be set up inside the airlines gallery and voting station No.414 – inside the airport’s Aviation Technical Base.Policemen and the airport’s security officers will ensure order and safety at the voting stations.   >>>

The 8th annual conference "Tourist's routes: Summer - 2008" will be held on February 20, 2008 at the Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel in Moscow. The forum is initiated and organised by Moscow Domodedovo International Airport. The conference participants represent 80 companies, such as travel agencies, Russian and foreign air carriers, including Tez Tour, Natalie Tours, MosTravel, Coral Travel, Air Berlin, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Emirates, JAL, S7, VIM-Avia, Tsentr-Avia, and many others. In the course of bilateral meetings and consultations the forum participants will have a chance to put together a travel programme for the forthcoming season and exchange information about the current trends on the travel market, its changes, new technologies, and services. Discussion of cooperation between travel operators and air carriers is especially important ahead of the summer travel season. It is projected that almost 8.4 million people will travel from Moscow to their holiday destinations this season. The Domod  >>>

Moscow Domodedovo International Airport to deploy SITA AirportConnect Open, a next generation IT platform, and SITA DCS, a departure control system.Moscow Domodedovo International Airport and aviation IT specialist SITA have announced the continuation of their large-scale cooperation to implement the IATA Simplifying the Business initiatives. The partners have signed a contract under which SITA will supply, and the Domodedovo airport will install, SITA Airport Connect CUTE, a common use terminal equipment platform. It supports Common Use Self-Service (CUSS) technology and SITA DepartureControl Services.“At present, Domodedovo airport services 76 airlines. In 2007, the airport handled 18.7 million passengers and this traffic continues to grow. The airport is a large transfer hub. We intend to become one of the top five European airports by 2020, and we need new technologies to ensure that the airport, and our partner airlines, remain competitive. We are confident that the solutions provided by SITA will enable  >>>