Domodedovo Airport is a member of IATA conference
Moscow Domodedovo Airport took part in the major event of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Exhibition and Conference “Slot Conference” held in Barcelona.
Over the years, the event has been an effective platform for a dialogue between airports and airlines in terms of slotting: it allows coordinating time intervals (slots) in order to create the most convenient schedule for passengers. As part of Slot Conference, the representatives of Domodedovo Airport met key partner airlines to identify trends of the industry development and find new areas of cooperation.
Regular participation of Domodedovo Airport in IATA exhibition is due to the constant expansion of route networks in the global air transportation market. As of 1 June 2012, 83 airlines carry out flights to 244 destinations from the largest airport in passenger traffic in Russia; 89 of such flights are unique in the Moscow Aviation Hub.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) was founded in 1919 in the Hague (the Netherlands) as a union of airlines. Today its members are 240 airlines.
Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport in passenger traffic in Russia. In 2011, the airport served 25,701,610 people, which enabled it to become one of the largest airports in Europe according to the ACI classification. Moscow Domodedovo Airport has been chosen for flights to Moscow by members of the world's leading aviation alliances - Star Alliance, oneworld. Since 2009, Moscow Domodedovo Airport tops the list of the best airports in the Eastern Europe by quality of service, according to an annual survey by the independent research company Skytrax Research (UK). In 2010, the Association awarded Moscow Domodedovo Airport “Platinum” status, thus confirming the successful implementation of the technology of two-dimensional bar-coding of flight information on boarding passes.