Sheremetyevo Airport met the Golden Flight from Sochi with the Russian national Olympic team onВ board
OnВ FebruaryВ 24, 2014, sport fans, passengers, and guests came toВ Sheremetyevo International Airport toВ welcome the Russian official Olympic delegation headed byВ Alexander Zhukov, the President ofВ the Russian Olympic Committee, and Vitaly Mutko, the RFВ Minister ofВ sport, tourism and youth policy. About 150В winners, medalists, and participants ofВ the Olympic Games took part inВ this ceremony.
Golden Flight SUВ 1123 from Sochi arrived toВ Terminal DВ ofВ Sheremetyevo Airport atВ 9:05 p.m. Moscow time. The national anthem ofВ the Russian Federation was played inВ honour ofВ the Olympic team members, who triumphantly performed atВ the 22nd Olympic Games.
The official meeting ceremony for sportsmen and members of the delegation was organized by the Russian Olympic Committee with assistance of the Sheremetyevo International Airport services. To meet the delegation at the airport, conditions for fast passing of all post-flight formalities were arranged. Terminal D was decorated with the Olympic symbols, and the sport fans were enjoying performance of the 2014 Olympic Games’ mascots — the Hare, the Polar Bear, and the Leopard.
Some hundreds ofВ sport fans, children from sports schools, volunteers with theВ RF state flags, the Olympic symbols and bright welcoming posters with kind words toВ the winners and medalists ofВ the Sochi Olympic Games, came toВ Sheremetyevo Airport toВ meet the champions. The guests who came toВ the airport had the unique opportunity toВ communicate with sportsmen inВ person, ask for their autographs and take aВ souvenir photo.
Passengers and guests ofВ Sheremetyevo Airport could feel joy for the Olympic team, experience the holiday atmosphere, and get the feeling ofВ victory together with the delegation members. The champions ofВ the 2014 Olympic Games were welcomed byВ more than 600 sport fans, 186 representatives ofВ mass media, and the event was covered byВ more than 20В TV channels and 30В print publications.
Sheremetyevo International Airport, as the main air gate of Russia, traditionally welcomes and sees off sports delegations. Sheremetyevo-2 is a famous “Olympic” terminal of the airport. In 1980, this very terminal welcomed delegations of sportsmen and fans from all over the world.
Sheremetyevo International Airport isВ recognized asВ the top European airport offering the best service quality inВ year 2013 according toВ the results ofВ Airport Service Quality research program ofВ ACI (Airports Council International).
According toВ the results ofВ 2013 Sheremetyevo Airport passenger traffic reached 29В million 256 thousand people, which isВ 11.7% more than inВ 2012.
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Date modified:
25.02.2014