On the threshold of the New Year a special program is developed for passengers in Domodedovo International Airport (Moscow, Russia).Common for the end of the year influx of passengers is expected in Domodedovo. Apart from regular flights 650 charter flights are scheduled, which is a twofold increase over the same period of the previous year. Passengers are offered 62 new charter flights, 27 of them are new. This year unique charter flights are scheduled: direct flight to Carribean district and regular flight to Maldives.Since 25 of December Russian Ded Moroz (Russian Santa Claus) and fairytale characters wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the guests of Domodedovo Airport and Passenger Terminal at Paveletsky station.Children are the first to enjoy the New Year programme at Domodedovo. Many of them see the New Year in on the journey for the first time, and airport employees try to make their stay in the airport really fantastic. Experienced animators organize different contests and quizzes. Every li  >>>

In 11 months of 2003 the overall passenger turnover of Domodedovo Airport amounted to 8.621 million passengers. This number exceeds the result of the same period in 2002 by 40%.The largest growth is recorded on international routes. Domodedovo serviced 2.838 million passengers on these routes, showing a 133% increase in comparison with 11 months in 2002.Monthly passenger turnover for November 2003 reached almost 771 thousand passengers, showing 50% increase in comparison with November 2002. The number of serviced passengers on international routes (far abroad and CIS) increased by two times, comparing to November 2002 and amounted to 373 thousand passengers. Domodedovo Airport maintains the leading position in domestic passenger transportation. Domestic passenger turnover in November 2003 summed up to more than 400,000 passengers, which is 21% more than the same period last year.In November Domodedovo International Airport has consolidated its position in the field of aircargo transportation in CIS. Georgian   >>>

EAST LINE Group, a managing company of Domodedovo International airport, has become a laureate of Excellent Reputation Award organised by Komsomolskaya Pravda publication among large Russian corporations.The main idea of the Komsomolskaya Pravda was to define a rating of business reputation for leaders of the Russian economy. The Award is aimed at evaluating perception of readers of the Komsomolskaya Pravda about the Russian economy.Readers of the Komsomolskaya Pravda voted on-line on the web-site of the publication, which has a circulation of some 6 million people. The majority of its readers is represented by active parts of the society.Evaluations of leading Russian experts of economy and social sciences were included into voting to correct the results of mass votes. Among participated experts were science director of the Economy Institute E.Yasin, Corresponding Member of the Russian Science Academy Ph.D. S.Glaziev, general director of the Russian Central Institute of Public Opinion V.Fedorov, member of th  >>>

The winners of  “The Tourist Brand - 2003” Awards have been announced on the 11th December. The Award was founded by the Information Services Organisation BANKO in 2002 in order to improve the quality of brands in the Russian tourist market. The purpose of “The Tourist Brand of Year” Award is to decrease the level of customer confusion about the tourist brands and promote transparency in the market place. It is especially important for the Russian tourist infrastructure where travel agencies’ clients frequently suffer poor service.East Line travel Company has won in two nominations, the most demanded agency and the most known tourist brand of 2003. The winners of “The Tourist Brand - 2003” Awards receive gold busts of a man looking upwards. “The gold heads” symbolizes the “proactive” entrepreneurs of the travel agencies.The advantage of East Line Travel Company is the group’s framework which includes a powerful sales’ network, a large tour operator as well as own network of travel agencies. East Line Travel C  >>>

The EAST LINE Group has completed the reconstruction of the primary passenger terminal of the Domodedovo International Airport. The reconstruction considerably expanded and modernised the terminal. The passenger capacity of the airport reached 6,000 passengers per hour: 3,200 passengers on domestic flights and 2,800 passengers on international. One of the main highlights of the reconstruction was the implementation of the latest technologies that provided efficient services for passengers and airlines.The task of providing comfortable conditions for servicing all types of passengers, including children and disabled passengers, was successfully achieved. The reconstruction of the terminal allowed to implement passenger transfer schemes, which resulted in minimum flight connection time and automated baggage handling. The terminal in Domodedovo is the only terminal in Russia that is ISO 9001:2000 certified - proof of the high quality of Domodedovo's services. Another sign of recognition of the airport's achievem  >>>

Domodedovo International Airport hosted the ceremony of the launch of operations of the new Tu-204-100 airliner that will be flying under KrasAir colours. The airliner was christened “Alexander Lebed’”. The aircraft was delivered to the airline with the support of the Ilushin Finance leasing company. Today Tu-204-100 is one of the most economical and comfortable Russian airliners. The passenger cabin is suited for 175 passengers, including 12 business-class seats. The aircraft is fitted with ICAO-compliant equipment that allows it to fly over Europe. This will allow to operate Tu-204-100 on any route, which is crucially important in view of the increase in passenger volume on international routes in Domodedovo.Currently Domodedovo International Airport services several aircraft of this type that operate on international routes and carry out flights to destinations n the northern part of Russia. In the nearest future the EAST LINE Group plans to obtain a certificate for servicing this aircraft in its maintenan  >>>

Swiss airline has become the first company from the far foreign countries, that started to provide this service to its clients. Registration at Paveletskiy station will be carried out for two day flights to Geneva and Zurich. The registration for both flights begins at 12.00.At the present moment about a quarter of the entire airport passenger traffic uses the services of a speed transport system connecting Domodedovo airport with the capital of Moscow by the speed railway communication.The project of a speed transport system has been realized by the efforts of Ministry of Railway Communications, Russian Railway, Moscow Railway and EAST LINE Group – managing company of Domodedovo airport. It allowed the passengers to get from the center of Russian capital to the airport maximum for 40 minutes. Terminal at Paveletskiy station is a mini-airport, where a passenger can register for the flight and hand in baggage.     >>>

AIRZENA Georgian airlines national air carrier of Georgia has launched scheduled flights from Domodedovo International airport to Tbilisi since December 1. These flights used to be carried out to Vnukovo airport. Flights will be carried out daily by Boeing-737 in two-class composition. According to the schedule arrival from Tbilisi to Domodedovo airport – at 10.35, departure – 11.45. As Gela Gventsadze General representative of the airline in Russia pointed out, move to Domodedovo airport will allow the Georgian airline to solve two most important tasks. First passengers get better quality of the ground maintenance. Secondly the airline plans to sign agreements on the co-operation , that will allow to increase flights load capacity between Moscow and Tbilisi, with a series of Russian airlines, carrying out flights to Domodedovo airport. At the present moment International airport links the capital of Russia with all the capitals of CIS countries. According to the results for 10 months 2003 on the routes to th  >>>

On November 25th, 2003 Tunis' Karthago Airlines launches scheduled passenger flights from Domodedovo International Airport to Tunis, capital of the country, and to Monastir, Tunis' resort. In the winter timetable 2003/2004 the airline will perform one-two flights per week. This year Domodedovo International Airport demonstrates a large increase in passenger turnover to international destinations. For 10 months of 2003 the airport has served 2.57 million passengers, which is 63% higher compared to the same period of the last year. Moreover, a number of passengers on the international routes in October 2003 has doubled in comparison with October 2002 and amounted to 321,000 passengers. The sharp increase is caused mainly by a larger number of flights performed by airlines operating in Domodedovo and also by some international newcomers to the airport.   >>>

EAST LINE Group - the managing company of the Domodedovo airport - and the specialists of Vietnam Airlines - the national Vietnam carrier – are finalizing the organizational and technical preparation for the first Hanoi – Moscow – Frankfurt transit flight, which will be carried out December 2.This project will be another step of the EAST LINE Group in the realization of the programme of making Domodedovo a transfer hub between Europe and South-Eastern Asia.Vietnam Airlines started performing regular flights to Domodedovo International Airport on October 28, 2003. Currently Vietnam Airlines is flying twice a week on the route Hoshimin – Hanoi - Moscow (Domodedovo) – Hanoi - Hoshimin. The arrival from Vietnam to Domodedovo is at 7.45 AM, and departure from Domodedovo at 9.20 PM.Currently Domodedovo International Airport is showing the fastest passenger volume growth among Russian airports. The fastest growth is demonstrated on international routes.In October 2003 the number of passengers on international routes  >>>

In 10 months of 2003 the overall passenger turnover of Domodedovo Airport amounted to 7.85 million passengers. This number exceeds the result of the same period in 2002 by 40%. This figure exceeds the similar figure along Russia in general by a couple of times. The largest growth is recorded on international routs. Domodedovo serviced 2.586 million passengers on these routs, showing a 63% increase in comparison with the same period in 2002. Monthly passenger turnover for October 2003 reached almost 900 thousand passengers, showing 45% increase in comparison with October 2002. It’s worth mentioning, that the number of serviced passengers on international routs в страны дальнего зарубежья increased by two times, comparing to October 2002 and amounted to 321 thousand passengers. Such remarkable growth is provided by traditional airlines, which increased flight frequency to these destinations from Domodedovo Airport, and also by other foreign airlines, which recently started working with DME.Another significant e  >>>

Express buses now commute between Moscow and Domodedovo airport. Comfortable buses deliver passengers of the airport to the "Domodedovskaya" metro station. Buses commence transportation from Domodedovo airport at 08.00 o'clock, and at 08.50 from the "Domodedovskaya" metro station; operations stop at 23.50. The average interval of movement of the buses is 20 minutes and does not depend on the loading of the bus. Travel time from the airport the "Domodedovskaya" metro station is 30 - 40 minutes, 5-6 buses work on the line.The express bus ticket costs is 30 roubles. Baggage transportation is free-of-charge. These new transport routes enhances the advanced transport infrastructure that connects Domodedovo International Airport with the capital. Domodedovo’s passengers have all kinds of transport at their disposal. Besides Domodedovo is the only Moscow airport that has a reliable railway connection with the centre of Moscow.   >>>

The IBM and Intel Center of Mobile Technologies, equipped with IBM ThinkPad laptops based on Intel® Centrino™ technologies for mobile PC's was launched in Domodedovo International Airport. The Center, set up by Tascom specialists, is equipped with wireless access to the Internet (hot-spot). The Center of Mobile Technologies will operate free of charge until December 30, 2003.The wireless Internet access in Domodedovo is operational on a large area: international and domestic departure halls, lounges, business centres and also cafes and restaurants located on the second floor. In the future the hot-spot area will include the whole airport. Currently Domodedovo passengers can use the advantages of high-quality wireless communication, which is accessible in the demonstration area, and also assess the unlimited possibilities of Intel Centrino mobile PC technologies and enjoy the comfort of using wireless PC's based on the latest technologies. Seven IBM ThinkPad laptops, which provide easy and effective operations  >>>

Egypt Air the national air carrier of Egypt has begun scheduled flights to Cairo from Domodedovo International airport since November 13. These flights used to be carried out to Sheremetyevo. Flights will be conducted by A-320 airplane daily on Thursdays. According to the schedule the arrival to Domodedovo from Cairo – at 18.25, departure – at 19.25. Scheduled flight to the capital of Egypt has become the addition to the programme of Egypt Air flights. Since October 28 the airline has started scheduled flights on the routes Moscow – Hurghada (Tuesday, Friday) and Moscow – Sharm-el-Sheikh (Tuesday, Saturday) first time in the history of mass Russian tourism to Egypt. Modern A-320/321 airliners are also operated on these directions.   >>>

Domodedovo International Airport became the laureate of the BRAND OF THE YEAR / EFFIE 2003 in the nomination Services & Facilities. According to jury Domodedovo airport became a well-recognised brand strongly associated among the customers with quality and reliability. Among the BRAND OF THE YEAR winners are Ingosstrakh, Mercedes, McDonalds, M Video, Tinkoff, Alfa Bank, Rbc, etc.The aim of this annual competition is to discover the companies, which achieved the major results in promoting their brands at the Russian market.In 2001 BRAND OF THE YEAR, national award in the field of marketing and advertising, entered the EFFIE international system. This means that the status of the winner at the Russian market was equated with the status of the winner at the developed countries markets. When evaluating the projects the jury of the contest is guided by the demands and requirements made of the effective marketing strategies all over the world.More than 200 brands willing to win in 28 nominations and 3 Grand Prix no  >>>

On October 30, 2003 British Airways opened in Domodedovo Airport a new lounge for business class passengers, Club Europe passengers and members of the British Airways frequent flyer programme Executive Club.The realisation of the British Airways airport lounges innovative concept became possible in many respects because British Airways moved its flights to Domodedovo International Airport. This decision was imposed by the airline’s intention to provide maximum comfort and convenient infrastructure to its passengers. This allowed improving ground service to the international level of services provided by British Airways all over the world.Opening of the new British Airways lounge is another evidence of the strengthened co-operation with Domodedovo international airport. The improved quality of the passenger services and passenger traffic increase on the route Moscow-London is a visible result of this co-operation.The lounge in Domodedovo airport was developed by the British Airways experts in the frame of the   >>>

EAST LINE Group, the managing company of the Domodedovo International Airport, became a laureate of the “Company of the Year” National Award 2003 in the nomination for “Establishment and development of the model of a global-level transport hub in Russia”The award’s expert board included state officials, celebrities, representatives of the business elite, Russian and foreign media. Laureates were chosen from more than three hundred nominees – the largest Russian companies. This award was the acknowledgement of the Group’s large-scale reconstruction of Domodedovo, which allowed to develop a transport hub on the airport’s base, connecting domestic and international air traffic.RosBusinessConsulting newswire was the initiator and the organizer of the awards, which were held for the fifth time this year under the patronage of the Ministry of economical development and trade. According to the organizers in five years the “Company of the Year” has played a major role in the stimulation of business activity and the e  >>>

British Airways has unveiled a state-of-the-art Domodedovo airport lounge dedicated to the airline’s Club Europe (Business Class) passengers and members of the Executive Club, the company’s frequent flyer programme. To mark the occasion, British Airways Chairman Lord Marshall, EAST LINE Head of Board of Directors Dmitry Kamenshchik and Moscow Region Governor’s Councilor Victor Kot cut the ribbon in a ceremony attended by top international industrialists, key customers, travel agents and Domodedovo Airport officials. “This is an important development for British Airways in Russia. Our investment highlights British Airways’ commitment to one of the fastest growing markets in Europe,” said Lord Marshall. “I would like to express my thanks to the management and staff of Domodedovo airport for their help and wholehearted support on this project.”The British Airways Lounge with 320 square metres of space was designed involving British Airways frequent travellers and built by Domodedovo experts for the exclusive use  >>>

RusLine airline has launched scheduled passenger flights from Domodedovo International Airport to Ioshkar Ola, capital of Russia’s Mariy El republic. The airline is operating Yakovlev Yak-40 jet to perform three weekly flights: on Monday, Wednesday and Sunday from Moscow and on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from Ioshkar Ola. RusLine airline plans to increase frequency on this route in the future and also to launch new routes to Petrozavodsk and Kirov from Domodedovo airport. International destination network of Domodedovo airport will be also expanded. Since October 18, 2003 Transaero will perform a weekly flight from Domodedovo to Hong Kong operating Boeing-767 in business- and economy-class layout with departure from Moscow on Saturday and from Hong Kong on Monday. The new flight will have convenient connections with Transaero’s routes to United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and some Russian destinations. EAST LINE Group is currently in negotiations with Russian and foreign airlines to contin  >>>

On the 7th of October the EAST LINE Group organised an interline conference that focused on the development of the co-operation between airlines in the field of transfer transportation. The conference gathered representatives from more than 50 Russian and foreign ailines that carry out flights through Domodedovo international airport or that are interested in co-operation with the airport. Siberia, Pulkovo, Transaero, British Airways, Adria Airways, Germania, Swiss Air, Air Kazakhstan, Air Moldova and other carriers are among these airlines. More than 200 meetings took place during the conference. The subject of these meetings was the optimisation of the interaction of the airlines that operate on the market of transfer services, the organisation of connections, signing of interline agreements and developing interline tariffs. Co-operation in these areas will allow passengers that need to make several transfers during their trip and that are serviced by partner companies on different segments to avoid many bu  >>>

A specialised service for the handicapped was established in Domodedovo International Airport. The new service staffed by highly skilled specialists will provide passengers with limited movement abilities with a whole range of free of charge services. The service’s staff will accompany handicapped passengers throughout their stay in the airport. The services include transfer from the parking lot or a public transport stop at the airport to the passenger terminal and on board the aircraft. Three hours prior flight accommodation in the medical quarters is available. Apart from that the service’s staff will provide the maximum level of comfort during check-in, customs and immigration control and will help with registering baggage upon arrival and departure. Unique equipment has been acquired for transportation on board the aircraft and from the flight. In particular, Swiss wheelchairs of a special construction that allow servicing passengers on board were acquired. EAST LINE plans to advance this service in the   >>>

Domodedovo International airport has taken up the realization of the joint programme “From the center of Moscow to Nizhniy Novgorod for 200 minutes”. Thanks to speed transport system (STS), linking Domodedovo airport with the center of Moscow passengers got the opportunity to register for the flight at Paveletskiy station and to get to the airport by comfortable modern aeroexpress for 40 minutes. Arriving at the terminal 23-45 minutes before the flight passengers go through only special control. Thanks to the co-operation of the airport and the airline the schedule of the flights is charted especially taking into account the STS electric trains traffic, that is carried out from 7 till 23 hours from Paveletskiy station and from 8 till 23 from Domodedovo airport, trains set off with maximum an hour interval. Route to Nizhniy Novgorod is already the second project of intermodal transportation of Domodedovo International airport. In February 2003 programme “From Moscow to Saint Petersburg for 2 hours 20 minutes”   >>>

In eight months of 2003 the overall passenger turnover of Domodedovo Airport almost reached 6 million passengers and amounted to 5.91 million. This number exceeds the result of the same period last year by 36%.The largest growth was recorded on international (non-CIS) routes. Domodedovo serviced 1.863 million passengers on these routes, topping last year’s eight months results by 59%.As in July 2003 monthly passenger turnover figures for August 2003 exceeded 1 mln and amounted to 1.238 million passengers, showing a 36% increase in comparison with August 2002. More than 476,000 passengers were serviced on international routes in August 2003, demonstrating growth of 57%. Considerable growth of charter transportation to main foreign resorts was seen in July. Today Domodedovo services more than 55% of the Moscow Hub international charters.Domodedovo Airport maintains the leading position in domestic passenger transportation. Domestic passenger turnover in August 2003 summed up to more than 584,000 passengers, whi  >>>

On September 16-17 2003 regular civil defense exercises were carried out in Domodedovo international airport.The exercises the theme of which “Actions of the top-management and civil defense forces dealing in the emergency situations in the conditions of the peace and military time” were devoted to the performance of the events at the menace of emergency man-cause situations.  Issues on carrying out of research and rescue works were practically fulfilled at the crash landing of the aircraft (Il-76, 170 seats) and putting out of the fire at the Petroleum Products objects (the area of ignition – 450 sq.m., 12 people of victims, threat of explosion).   100 people and 39 units of special equipment were involved in the exercises. Under the estimate of Deputy Head of Domodedovo region (deputy civil defense chief of Domodedovo region) Gorodetskiy D.I., who carried out the exercises, all the airport divisions fulfilled the tasks, put before them, having kept in strict time frames.   &nbs  >>>

In 2003 the largest Russian technical maintenance and repair company– the Domodedovo maintenance and repair centre celebrates its 40th anniversaryFrom the moment of its foundation the Domodedovo maintenance and repair centre has been one of the most advanced companies in its field.  Its specialists were the first who started to carry out technical operations of the famous TU-144 liner and the newest in its class IL-62M. Today the company puts its hopes on new generation aircraft – IL-96 and TU-334, not forgetting about long-haul Boeings and Airbuses.Being a part of EAST LINE Group the Domodedovo maintenance and repair centre is the most technological advanced enterprise in Russia, where the aircraft of more than 180Russian and CIS airlines carry out technical maintenance. A full range of services for avionics is accessible owing to the labs that specialise on the repair and technical maintenance of radio-electronic, electric, navigation and instrument equipment. The Domodedovo maintenance and repair cent  >>>