Sheremetyevo becomes Russian-biggest airport upon month results in February
International Airport Sheremetyevo completed performance review for February and January-February 2011. Year-to-date number of serviced passengers grew by 21.1%, up to 2 mln. 772 thousands, as compared to the figures for the same period of 2010. Passenger flow of international air lines (IAL) in January-February grew by 19.7% and equaled 1 mln. 810 thousand people; passenger flow of domestic air lines (DAL) grew by 23.8%, up to 961.6 thousand passengers.
In January-February 2011 Sheremetyevo Airport handled 29 thousand take-offs and landings (T&L), 19% more than during the similar period of 2010.
Number of serviced air passengers in February 2011 grew by 21.8%, up to 1 mln. 317 thousands. In February IAL passenger flow grew by 20.5% and equaled 838.9 thousand people; DAL passenger flow grew by 24.2%, up to 478.6 thousand people. Number of handled T&Ls in February grew by 17%, up to 13.9 thousands.
Most popular air carriers serviced by the airport over the first two months of current year were Aeroflot, Nordavia, Avianova, Aerosvit and Transaero. Most popular routes for overseas destinations were Paris, Bangkok, Istanbul, Prague, Kiev, and domestic destinations — Saint-Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar.
According to the ACI EUROPE rating, upon January 2011 Sheremetyevo became a growth leader among European airports with passenger traffic over 15 mln. annually.
This year Sheremetyevo International Airport intends to retain high growth rate and pass the benchmark of 21 mln. passengers offering high-quality and reliable services for core and regular air carriers, attracting new air companies and attaining greater loyalty of passengers and tourists.
Sheremetyevo International Airport is the Russian-biggest airport in terms of international flights. JSC SIA is 100% state-owned. Route network of Sheremetyevo covers over 200 destinations. In 2010 Sheremetyevo handled 19 mln. 329 thousand passengers, which is by 31% more than in 2009.
In 2010, according to the European Department of the International Airport Council (ACI Europe) Sheremetyevo became one of European leaders in terms of quality of passenger service. Upon 4th quarter of last year Sheremetyevo held third position in terms of service quality in the group of European airports with passenger traffic from 15 to 25 mln. people.
Date modified:
21.03.2011