Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Lufthansa have summed up the photo contest for the best photos of the Lufthansa aircraft and best photo of Domodedovo.Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Lufthansa have summed up the photo contest for the best photos of the Lufthansa aircraft and best photo of Domodedovo.Participants of specifically organized in autumn 2010 spotting could show their talent by photograph liners of the largest German airline and its base airport – Domodedovo. The reason for the event was the expansion of cooperation between Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Lufthansa: the launch of a second daily flight from Dusseldorf - Moscow (DME).Spotting had been attended by over 150 amateur of aviation photography.Jury from the airport and the airline has determined the winners in two categories:best Moscow Domodedovo Airport photo;best photo Lufthansa aircraft in Domodedovo. Winners were awarded prizes and gifts from the airport and airlines.Competition winners for the best photo airport invited to participate in the   >>>

On 8 March 2011, airberlin took delivery of the first ever Boeing B737-700 with the new Sky Interior cabin design. The first B737-800 with this comfortable interior had already been delivered on 15 February 2011, making airberlin the only airline offering the new cabin design for both the Boeing 737-700 and Boeing 737-800. In future, all new Boeing next generation aircraft supplied to airberlin will be fitted with the optimized interior. Joachim Hunold, CEO airberlin, said: "The introduction of the new Sky Interior is part of many comfort initiatives we are introducing throughout the airberlin fleet. This shows that we are placing even greater focus on the needs of business travellers and are making airberlin flights even more attractive. The Boeing Sky Interior is also a taste of things to come for airberlin passengers as the design is based on the interior of the Boeing Dreamliner.""The features of the new Boeing Sky Interior will provide increased comfort to airberlin passengers both on the 737-800 and on   >>>

Starting on March 10th, 2011 passengers can take advantage of Transaero's convenient new short code for calling the Airline's Information Center with a mobile phone. By dialing 0808, callers can get information on flights, tickets and the latest Transaero programs for travelers.   >>>

?Passengers will benefit from codeshare connections with future oneworldЎ partners?New Boeing 737-700/800 with Sky Interior, Airbus 330-200 with more comfortable seats and "RAVE" Inflight Entertainment?Other benefits for Gold and Silver card clients?10 years of winglets on airberlin The strengthening of the Berlin and Dusseldorf hubs, new codeshare connections with future oneworld partners and the expansion of destinations in Italy are the priorities for airberlin, the second largest German airline, in 2011. In addition, airberlin is launching a comfort initiative CEO Joachim Hunold said today at the International Tourism Bourse (ITB) in Berlin: "The needs of our customers will take us to new comfort, especially on long haul flights, and improved Service Invoicing." This includes the new Sky Interior in Boeing aircrafts, a new interior design which airberlin is the first airline worldwide to offer both in the B737-800 and B737-700; new seats in Airbus 330-200, which implies more space for passengers, as well   >>>

From today, airberlin is offering its status customers an exclusive waiting area in Terminal C of Berlin-Tegel airport. airberlin passengers who hold a topbonus Gold or Silver Card can pass their waiting period in comfort. Newspapers and magazines, cold and hot beverages and a television showing a news programme are all provided at no cost. Power points are available for charging and connecting electronic devices such as laptops or mobile phones. topbonus Gold or Silver Card holders and one companion are entitled to access the exclusive waiting area with their card. airberlin has been offering its passengers an exclusive waiting area in Terminal A of the airport since November 2009. Additional such exclusive waiting areas at other German airports, including Dusseldorf, will follow in due course. The award-winning topbonus frequent flyer program is the second largest in Germany. In the past year alone, the number of members increased by 20 per cent to 2.4 million. The topbonus program is free of charge and new  >>>

Germany's second largest airline is making 1,000,000 tickets available at a bargain price from 9th to 13th March. Choose from destinations within Germany and Europe as well as long-haul routes.For example within Germany, you can fly from Cologne/Bonn or Munich to Berlin from ? 29.99. Or take a city trip to Spain: for example from Dusseldorf to Bilbao from ? 29.99 or from Berlin to Barcelona from ? 44.99 one way. Passengers who prefer to travel further afield can also enjoy the bargain prices. For example there is the new route from Berlin to New York from ? 209.99 one way or travel to the Far East from ? 289.99 flying from Dusseldorf to Bangkok.These and lots more bargain price flights to several destinations are available for travel between 1st May 2011 and 30th June 2011. Book online at airberlin.com, through the airberlin Service Center (Tel. 01805 ? 737 800; ? 0.14/min. from a landline; call charges from mobile phones max. ? 0.42/min.) or with a travel agent. Prices include taxes, fees and topbonus miles.  >>>

In February 2011, airberlin transported a total of 2,132,057 passengers, i.e. an increase of 1.0 percent. Due to the comprehensive cancellations of flights to Egypt and Tunisia, the number of passengers transported developed less favorably than in January 2011. The political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia caused several hundreds of February flights to be cancelled, reducing the number of passengers transported by a six-digit figure. In February 2010, airberlin had welcomed 2,111,716 passengers on board. Fleet capacity utilization for February 2011 increased by 1.4 percentage points to 71.4 percent (February 2010: 70.0 percent). In comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year, fleet capacity was reduced by 1.0 percent.For the period from January to February 2011, a total of 4,277,245 passengers traveled on airberlin's flight route network, i.e. 3.3 percent more than in the corresponding period of the previous year. Accumulated capacity utilization for the first two months of the year increased fro  >>>

On 1 March, 2011, Mikhail Vasilenko, General Director of Sheremetyevo International Airport, gave his annual press conference on operational and financial results of 2010 and the airport’s development plans.   >>>

For the convenience of its passengers from the US and Germany Transaero Airlines has launched new English and German language web-sites transaero.us and transaero.de registered in the national domain zones.   >>>

Effective from March 04 2011 a new partner of Moscow Domodedovo Airport Czech Connect Airlines launched a new direct scheduled flight – from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Brno, the second largest city of Czech Republic, located on the South-East of the country.The destination is unique for Moscow Aviation Hub operated only from Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Czech Connect Airlines is the one and only airline performs a direct scheduled flight from Moscow to Brno.The service is performed five times a week by Boeing 737-300 economy and comfort class provided.FlightFrom/ToFrequencyARRDEP CQ 109   Moscow (Domodedovo) – Brno (Tuшany)   Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday,Saturday, Sunday   17 40   18 35  CQ 108Brno (Tuшany) – Moscow (Domodedovo)12 1517 00Local TimeBrno which is considered a city of the international exhibitions and fairs, becomes the second Czech destination in a route network operated from Moscow Domodedovo Airport.Czech Connect Airlines started up in the fr  >>>

Effective from March 4 this year an Israel airline Arkia will open scheduled flights Moscow (Domodedovo) – Tel-Aviv (Ben Gurion) – Moscow (Domodedovo).The flight will be operated twice a week by Embraer 195 and Boeing 757-300 with the following schedule:FlightFrom/To FrequencyDEPARR IZ 311  Tel-Aviv (Ben Gurion) – Moscow (Domodedovo)  Monday, Friday  08 55   13 55   IZ 312   Moscow (Domodedovo) – Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion) 14 5517 50Local timePassenger traffic between Moscow and Israel has been growing dynamically for the recent five years. The number of passengers carried for the period from 2006 till 2010 has been increased by 83% and reached 471 thousand passengers. 93% of passenger traffic is attributed to destination Moscow – Tel-Aviv. It should be noted that this particular route saw an increase by 70% for the mentioned five years when 437 thousand passengers benefited from this popular destination.Summer of 2008 has become a remarkable time when visa regime for citizens of Russia going to Israel was conside  >>>

Major German airline launches a special return fare of only 14.900 THB excluding taxes and fees to many European citiesDue to high customer demand airberlin has extended its successful ?TITF Special? deal to Europe until 31 May 2011. The now called ?Summer Special? includes various European cities like Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Munich, Stockholm, Vienna or Zurich and starts from 14,900 THB only for a round-trip excl. taxes and fuel surcharge. The Rock Bottom fare is valid for the travel period May and June 2011, which is known as the best travel period of the year for Europe with a mild climate and good weather conditions. Bookings can be made at any travel agent in Thailand or airberlin's Bangkok office. Airberlin has tightened its cooperation with Bangkok Airways by offering code share flights within Thailand and between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. For passengers this means they can collect and redeem miles on both airlines.airberlin flies daily from Bangkok to its   >>>

On Thursday, airberlin started a new, non-stop connection from Berlin-Tegel to Basel. Attended by representatives of both countries and passengers, the route was launched amid celebrations in the border triangle. ?The Swiss Embassy wishes airberlin every success and is convinced that the new route will strengthen the political, economic and cultural ties between Berlin and Basel," said the Swiss Embassy Envoy, Urs Hammer. ?In a globalised economy, worldwide flight schedules offer the most efficient means of transport for connecting economic players," added France's Envoy, Jean-Marie Demange. ?The connection will simplify travel between Germany, France and Switzerland and help to bring the citizens of our three countries closer together.?The flights, operated by Germany's second-largest airline company, will now depart up to twice a day on the new route. The departure times, scheduled for morning and evening, will be welcomed by business travellers as well as holidaymakers wanting to spend a day in the city on  >>>

Transaero Airlines has successfully passed regular audit procedures for compliance with the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). IOSA certification is based on the highest international operational safety standards and indicates a company's adherence to a wide range of IATA requirements.  >>>

The German airline announces Rock Bottom TITF fares to Europe and further strengthens its market position in Thailand airberlin, Germany?s second largest airline, has launched its full content website in thai language. The new website airberlin.com/thai provides convenient access to online functions such as flight bookings, online check-in, flight status information, travel information for Europe bound travelers and much more. Thai users can also sign up to for the airberlin newsletter with great offers and useful information. The German carrier is the very first Central European airline to offer its website in Thai language. airberlin?s General Manager in Thailand, Mr. Stefan Magiera, said during a press conference shortly before the opening of the Thailand International Travel Fair 2011 in Bangkok : ?The Thai market has always been of great importance to airberlin and we are doing extremely well. With the new website, we are now able to better serve the fast growing group of Thai passengers on our flights.   >>>

On February 10 2011 in Moscow was held the 5th annual ceremony of HR-Brand Awards, where were announced the best employers of 2010. Moscow Domodedovo Airport Inflow program is among the top ten finalist, what was confirmed by the finalist certificate. That means that among 62 HR-projects Inflow was called one of the best.The award was bestowed in 5 categories, and were awarded three Grand Prix as part of the ranking employers in Russia and 3 special prizes from the partners of the Prize.The project Inflow being implemented by Moscow Domodedovo Airport was launched to invite to Domodedovo talented and motivated senior school pupils, students of higher and specialized secondary education with a purpose both to foster their development and education and to guarantee constant inflow of young professionals to the Company.   >>>

On 27th February 2011, a joint special flight operated by airberlin and the tour operators Rewe, Alltours, FTI, Schauinsland and Bucherreisen will take off from Dusseldorf headed to Hurghada on the Red Sea. The flight will depart at 07:40 and arrive in Hurghada at 13:25. Following recent political unrest, airberlin aims to provide a positive signal for tourism in Egypt with special flight number AB 2680. Joachim Hunold, CEO of airberlin: "We are delighted that the political situation locally has become stable. It is important for Egypt's further development that the country now returns to normality as quickly as possible following the political upheaval. airberlin will actively support Egypt in this process and help to attract German tourists back to the country." Hunold has also approached the German government to help by earmarking some reconstruction aid for Egypt and Tunisia and lifting the aviation tax for these countries. In this he agrees with leading representatives from the tourist industry.Due to po  >>>

Germany's second-largest airline, airberlin is commencing flights with effect from 1 June 2011 to Linz airport, connecting the state capital of upper Austria directly with its hub in Berlin. Flying five times a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, airberlin will offer a 174-seat service between Berlin-Tegel and Linz."By adding Linz to our flight schedule, we are increasing our Austrian destinations to six," said Director of Route Management at airberlin, Christian Peter, at a press conference on Friday. "airberlin is now creating the first alternative connection for the economically important region of upper Austria to all major German cities as well as Scandinavia. As well as tourism, we believe this connection also offers tremendous potential for business travellers." The Managing Director of the Linz's Blue Danube Airport, Gerhard Kunesch, said: "The new Linz-Berlin route is a huge boost for the upper Austrian market in every respect. On the one hand, Berlin is a fantastically exciting   >>>

In January 1, 2011 Sheremetyevo International Airport served 1 million 454 thousand passengers, which is 20,5% as much as in January 2010.   >>>

Sheremetyevo International Airport introduces online version of customs declaration forms that can be filled out on the airport website. Now passengers can fill out their customs declaration forms in the comfort of their home after downloading the forms from the Sheremetyevo Airport website at http://svo.aero/f/1/customs/departure/SVO_Blank_passazhirskoy_tamozhennoy_deklaratsii_vylet.doc. After filling out the form, they must print it out and present it to customs authorities at the airport.  >>>

Moscow, February 14, 2011 – The senior management of Transaero Airlines and Moscow Domodedovo Airport held a meeting on February 10 to discuss joint efforts for the establishment of additional security measures at the airport. On its own initiative Transaero Airlines has decided to increase its contribution to aviation security at Domodedovo Airport in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations and current Russian legislation.Transaero’s aviation security department will set up additional fixed security checkpoints at the airport to increase Transaero aircraft security, specifically for the prevention of unauthorized access to aircraft. Transaero will increase the number of flights on which passengers have to undergo an interview with airline security officers prior to check-in, the so-called 'profiling' procedure common at international airports worldwide. In addition to flights on which profiling is already a standard practice, the procedure will also be integrated to pre-check-in procedures on many o  >>>

The system delivers highly reliable identity recognition with minimal human involvement in the process of identification, which is of particular importance given the requirements set out in the Rules on the protection of airports and their infrastructural facilities (approved by Resolution No 42 of the government of the Russian Federation, dated 1 February 2011).  >>>

In January 2011, airberlin welcomed 2,145,188 passengers on board, i.e. 5.7 percent more than in the corresponding month of the previous year (2010: 2,030,412 passengers). Fleet capacity utilization increased by 3.5 percentage points, i.e. from 68.8 to 72.3 percent. As compared to January 2010, capacity increased by 0.5 percent. January 2011 Capacity2,964,854Number of passengers2,145,188Capacity utilization rate in %72.3  >>>

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