Photo: www.airliners.netToday, American Airlines started its first flight from Chicago to Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport. At the press conference dedicated to the launch of flights to this new destination Mr Sergey Rudakov, the Director of Domodedovo Airport Complex, said: “It was two years ago when we first said we were going to develop the American vector. And the day has finally arrived. Today, we “opened America”, and in partnership with the world’s largest air carrier, at that. Our objective now is to ensure connections of all Russian airlines with American Airlines flights using the Domodedovo airport transfer system”.  “From the economic viewpoint, the American vector is a growing and promising one. Many American companies operate in Russia these days. Furthermore, Moscow is becoming an ever more attractive cultural centre for foreigners. Chicago, in turn, is an important business and tourist centre of the United States”, said Mr Craig Kreeger, Senior Vice President of Americ  >>>

On June 2, 2008, German airline Lufthansa, the largest foreign air carrier operating on the Russian market, will increase the number of flights from Berlin and Hamburg to Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. For now Lufthansa operates two flights to Berlin and four flights to Hamburg. On June 2, the airline will start operating four direct flights to Berlin, three direct flights to Hamburg and three flights to Hamburg via Berlin. Moscow – Berlin, Moscow – Hamburg flight schedule  >>>

Yesterday, on May 27, within the programme for regular airport tours, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo welcomed children from "The Childhood" Children's Rehabilitation Centre. Specialists from the airport explained the children how to find their way around the terminal and described preflight procedures. Through the airport windows children watched the aerodrome machinery and aircraft in operation. Special emphasis was made on services to people with limited mobility. Kids visited special department providing escort services to these group of passengers.   >>>

Today, on May 20, KrasAir airlines, the leader of AIRUnion alliance, resumes its flights to Barnaul. The flights will be performed daily by Boeing 737-300. Last year the passenger traffic between Moscow and Barnaul was 236,000 passengers, that is a 13,3% rise over 2006. Together with KrasAir S7 airline operates flights from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo to the center of Altai region.  Flights schedule to BarnaulRoute FlightDepartureArrivalDaysMoscow (Domodedovo) – Barnaul7B18122:105:301234567Barnaul – Moscow (Domodedovo)7B1827:008:501234567* local time* * * KrasAir - one of the largest carriers in Russia. In the end of 2004 five airlines - KrasAir, Domodedovo airlines, Samara, Omskavia and Sibaviatrans were united. Being legally independent, airlines combined its resources and now they cooperate on parity mutually beneficial basis. From June 2005 airlines work under united brand AIRUnion.     >>>

Yesterday, on March 19 the international conference Aviation IT Forum, which was organized by Aviatransportnoye obozreniye magazine, was held in Holiday Inn Sokolniki. During the session “IT in airports: the basis for efficient operation” a representative from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo made a presentation “The integration of IT-infrastructure in airport management systems” focusing on the selection of the best approach to implementing IT-systems.Using Domodedovo airport as an example, the report discussed the factors governing the composition of IT-infrastructure, providing comparative analysis of comprehensive IT solutions and expanding the product range through implementing software from different suppliers. The conference became the venue for discussion to all participants and allowed to exchange opinions among specialists, as well as to discuss the problems and prospects of IT solutions for aviation.  >>>

Expecting the final of Champions League, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo will host around 100 charter flights and business aviation flights with football fans on board, coming from England between 19 and 21 May. In total Domodedovo will welcome more than 20 000 fans, most of them support “Manchester United” football club. The football players of this club will also arrive in Domodedovo tonight. English fans can pass quickly though passport and customs control with passport and ticket for the match, thus no visa is required. Charter flights schedule was planned to assure the quick and comfortable passenger service. Charter program and additional passenger traffic will not influence the performance of scheduled flights and the quality of service for passengers in Moscow International Airport Domodedovo.To provide enhanced security, additional teams of Special Police Forces officers will be working in Domodedovo.   >>>

According the operational activity data for April 2008, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo keeps holding the leading position in Moscow aviation hub in terms of passenger traffic. The total airport’s passenger throughput between January and April 2008 was 5,676,676 passengers, that is a 23,8% rise over the same period of 2007. The passenger traffic for April 2008 was 1,595,188 passengers, that is a 24,2% rise over April, 2007. The primary growth was registered on flights to Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Saint-Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Dubai, Antalia, Frankfurt, London, Dushanbe. 482,659 passengers were carried on these routes in April, 2008.  >>>

On May 9, 2008, Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport will hold a series of events dedicated to the 63rd anniversary of the Great Victory. Scenes from the life of soldiers will be staged at the airport terminal complex, the centre of the festivities. All day long, travelers and airport guests will be overlooked by a small detachment of soldiers wearing military uniforms from the times of the Great Patriotic War. Everyone will be able to take pictures of an improvised soldier halt. Passengers and airport guests will enjoy the holiday atmosphere, feel the spirit of the war time, and have a taste of what the war heroes felt. They will be greatly assisted in doing so by a number of Victory Day posters displaying newspaper pages dated May 10, 1945 which will be put up on the walls of the terminal complex. An archive newspaper issue which came out on the day following the announcement of the victory – a truly unique rarity preserved to this day – has been provided by a World War II veteran who has kindly agreed  >>>

S7 airline, one of the largest Russian carriers, and Krasair, the leader of aviation AirUnion alliance continue developing its partnership with Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. On May, 11 S7 airline resumes the forth daily flight to Rostov-on-Don, increasing the number of flights to 28 per week. The convenient time will allow passengers to arrive in Moscow by the beginning of a working day. S7 is the only airline performing regular flights between Domodedovo airport and Rostov-on-Don.A stable passenger growth has been registered on this route In Moscow aviation hub. Last year, 573,000 passengers were carried, that is a 44% rise over 2006. Flight schedule to Rostov-on-Don  >>>

Фото: Mark Kwiatkowski From April, 30 ClickAir airlines resumes flights from Barcelona to Domodedovo. Initially the flights will be performed twice a week (on Wednesday and Sunday), and from May, 31 – four times a week on aircraft A-320. Flights schedule (local time):  >>>

As May holidays are approaching, many Russians will go on vacation. It is expected that passenger traffic of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo during May holidays will exceed the same period of the last year by up to 20% and will total 975,000 passengers. The airport will welcome 365,000 passengers traveling internationally and 615,000 domestic passengers; around 9,700 flights will be handled (that is a 19% rise over 2007), including more than 3,500 flights beyond Russia and CIS (that is a 25% rise over 2007). Following Domodedovo’s policy charter flights continuously transform to regular services. Thus, during May holidays 820,000 regular services will be performed as opposed to 155,000 charter flights. The airport partner airlines will be flying to traditionally popular resorts in Turkey, Egypt, Spain, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Montenegro etc. Moreover this season features flights to resorts in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, UAE and Dominican Republic previously kno  >>>

ACI EUROPE (Airports Council International – European division) has published a report on performance of 106 European airports in February 2008. According to the report Moscow Domodedovo International airport is the leader of 2nd Group which passenger traffic varies from 10 to 25 millions passengers per year. Domodedovo airport comes first with its 25.6% of growth in February 2008 (in comparison with the results of the same period 2007) of among fast-growing airports of 2nd Group. Second position holds Berlin Tegel International Airport (23.3% of growth), third comes Vienna airport with its 20.3%. Average growth ratio of the Group reached 10,3% in comparison with the results of February 2007 and 17,8% of growth in comparison with the results of 2006.  >>>

Yesterday, April 27, EAST LINE Air Ticket Agency together with Transaero airlines launched charter flights program to Hellenic islands. The service will be operated from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo to Santorini, Kos, Rodos, Crete (Iraklion / Chanya airports), Corfu and Araksos islands every week from April, 27 till October, 20. EAST LINE Air Ticket Agency, the established leader in travel market specializing in Hellenic destinations, offers its clients traditional holiday programs as well as exclusive travel products. Thus last year they offered season’s novelty, direct charter flights to Santorini island, and this summer EAST LINE Air Ticket Agency was first in Russia to develop a new leisure travel solution – the island-hopping. This expanded the choice of places which tourists will be able to visit within one trip and en hence the beautiful Hellenic islands experience. Similar programs have been greatly popular with tourists worldwide.  >>>

Photo: John E. JauchlerToday, China City restaurant hosted a joint press-conference dedicated to the commencement of Sanya - Moscow (Domodedovo) - Sanya flight performed by China Eastern Airlines. Mr Li Jun, General director of the airline's representative office in Russia, Mr Andrey Kuznetsov, President, "Yuzhnyi Krest Travel" and Mr Andrey Kapinos, Head of network and traffic development, Moscow International Airport Domodedovo attended the event.The new service will be operated from tomorrow, April 26. The flights will be performed once a week by a comfortable Airbus A340.Flight schedule (local time)  >>>

From April, 27 Russian S7 airline will start operating flights to Dublin. Regular flights will be performed three times a week by A319 aircraft. The direct flight, connecting Moscow and Dublin, is the unique one not only for Domodedovo airport, but for the whole Moscow aviation hub. Moreover, S7 will become the only airlines to perform direct flights from Russia to Ireland.   >>>

On April 22-23 Renaissance-hotel hosted the forth annual conference "Air transport infrastructure". Moscow International Airport Domodedovo representatives took part in the event along with participants of the conference from other airports, airlines, relevant government organizations, aeronavigation service of Russian Federation. The conference aimed to attract attention of the industry professionals to the problems and prospects of Russian and CIS civil aviation infrastructure. Vladimir Kamynin, Marketing Director of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo, presented the report "Infrastructure of airports: harmonizing with the airlines' business models" focusing on cooperation between airlines and airports. "EAST LINE Group is the first company in Russia specializing in airport managing. Within 10 years we managed to transform Domodedovo into the largest airport in Russia and Eastern Europe. The conference "Air Transport Infrastructure" provided us with the opportunity for exchanging our experience with our  >>>

From April, 21 the Ukrainian carrier Dnepravia starts performing flights to Simferopol to Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. The flights will be operated daily by Boeing 737.  >>>

Photo: Wim CallaertFrom April, 30 ClickAir airlines resumes flights from Barcelona to Domodedovo. Initially the flights will be performed twice a week (on Wednesday and Sunday), and from May, 31 - four times a week on aircraft A-320.  >>>

The installation was put on display in the middle of Domodedovo passenger terminal. It is dedicated to commencing direct air communication between Moscow and Bologna operated by Eurofly. The images feature vivid and colorful portrait of Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. Thanks to Eurofly flights performed twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays from Domodedovo airport our travelers can see by their own eyes the magnificent views of this Italian province and taste the exquisite Italian cuisine in Bologna, its gourmet capital. The installation is organized by Domodedovo airport, Russian ZOOM and PhotoTRAVEL magazines with the support from Bureau of tourism of Emilia-Romagna region. The technical partner of the exhibition is Hewlett Packard.   >>>

April, 14th VIM-Avia airlines opens new flights to Yekaterinburg from Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. Two flights a day will be performed on the board of YAK-42. The passenger traffic growth' dynamics en route Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Moscow stays high: the number of passengers traveled on this route in 2007 was 772 000, that is 34,5% more against last year.VIM-Avia's Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Moscow flight schedule (local time)  >>>

EAST LINE Group will commence the implementation of the next stage of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo development and will begin the construction of Passenger Terminal 2 in early 2009.Terminal 2 will adjoin the existing building of the passenger terminal from current international flights sector side and will be dedicated to serving international flights. In addition to the Terminal 2 itself the project features a boarding gallery with 19 air bridges, aircraft stands as well as relevant infrastructure with road junctions.The projected cost of the development is 10 billion rubles and it will be funded using EAST LINE Group’s own resources.The project will be implemented in three stages. During Stage 1, the new building of Terminal 2 together with boarding gallery with 8 air bridges will be constructed and put in operation by 2011 to cover 92 thousand square meters capable of handling between 4 and 5 million passengers per year.Stage 2 works scheduled to be completed by 2015 include the exte  >>>

Since January, 2005 Moscow International Airport Domodedovo has been steadily maintaining its leading position in Moscow aviation hub in terms of passenger traffic. According to performance results for March 2008, the airport welcomed 4,081,488 passengers between January and March 2008, that is 23.6% a rise over the same period of 2007. The passenger traffic in March, 2008 totaled 1,452,795 people, or 23.9% more than in March, 2007. Flights to Saint-Petersburg, Krasnodar, Bangkok, Vienna, Novosibirsk, Dushanbe, Phuket, Mineralnye Vody, Madrid, and Khabarovsk registered the highest growth. From January through March, 2008, the airport serviced 773 320 passengers flying to these destinations, that is 1.7 times more than in first three months of 2007. The intensity of take-offs and landing operations in March, 2008 was 14 699, an increase to the same period of last year by 14.3%.  >>>

Photo galleryin the picture in the middle:Dr. Holger Haetty, Member of the Board, Lufthansa.Mr Sergey Rudakov, Director of Airport Complexfrom left to right:Mr Fabian Bade, Regional Manager, LufthansaMr Michael Erfert, Director Alliances & Co-operations, LufthansaDr. Holger Haetty, Member of the Board, Lufthansa.Dr. Karsten Benz, Vice President Sales & Services Europe, LufthansaMr Daniel Burkard, Director for Business Development, DomodedovoMr Sergey Rudakov, Director of Airport Complex, DomodedovoMr Stephan Bleyer, Process and Quality Manager Russian Federation and C.I.S.Professor Heinz Ruhnau, Advisor to the ChairmanMr Thilo Schmidt, Director General, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs. From April 1, Lufthansa started flying to Moscow International Airport Domodedovo. After a week, the official delegation comprising the airline's and German Government top officials came to the airport to participate in the ceremony of opening the Star Alliance member's business-lounge and new back-of  >>>

From April, 5th Montenegro Airlines develops its partnership with Domodedovo and starts operating flights to Tivat. The flights will be performed by aircraft Fokker-100, with capacity of 100 seats. Tivat-Moscow-Tivat flight schedule Route Flight Departure*  >>>

The main topic of the Second Specialized Business Forum "Catering Director 2008" is "operating and marketing decisions for effective market development and increasing profitability of catering industry operators". The forum is held in Milan Hotel, Moscow on April, 3-5. The event gathered more than 350 participants, including senior managers and owners of catering companies. The Forum also hosts the In-flight Catering Conference. A representative of Domodedovo Air Service, the in-flight catering facility of Moscow International Airport Domodedovo will make a presentation focusing on specific features of in-flight food production, cost reduction, applied technologies, and composition and packing of meals.The Forum participants will be invited to visit Domodedovo in-flight catering facility, where they will see the production process, including the cook-and-chill technology. During the tour, the facility’s modern equipment and soft drinks filling department will be demonstrated. * * *Domodedovo Air Service is R  >>>