Domodedovo International Airport
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Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: Домоде́дово) is an airport 35 km (22 miles) south of Moscow, Russia. It has the IATA Airport Code DME and the ICAO Airport Code UUDD. Moscow has several airports, of which the most prominent are Sheremetyevo International Airport and Domodedovo. Domodedovo is leading in domestic flights and flights to the CIS countries and is starting to challenge Sheremetyevo in number of international passengers.
Service of Domodedovo started with a flight to Yekaterinburg using Tupolev 104 in March 1964. The airport, aimed to handle the growth of long-distance domestic traffic in the USSR, was officially opened in May 1965. Two parallel runways were put into service 18 months after the opening of the airport. On 26 December 1975, Domodedovo Airport was selected for the inaugural flight of Tupolev 144 to Alma Ata.
Starting from 1996, Domodedovo Airport was operated by East Line Group on a 75-year lease although the runway are still controlled by the state. The group has been heavily investing in reconstruction of the airport, arranged for customs to be more convenient and the airport is kept clean. Because of problems at Sheremetyevo, British Airways, Qatar Airways, and Swiss International Airlines flocked to Domodedovo. Other lucrative airlines such as Emirates and SN Brussels Airlines also moved to Domodedovo. Meanwhile, Aeroflot had moved all cargo operations to Domodedovo.
Domodedovo is linked to Moscow by the Aeroexpress to Paveletsky Station. The ride lasts 40 minutes and passengers (hand luggage only) can check in at the station.
On August 24, 2004, two Russian jets, Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 and Siberia Airlines Flight 1047, crashed south of Moscow within minutes of each other. Eyewitnesses reported that flight 1303 exploded in mid-air. Both airliners took off from Domodedovo International Airport, and carried a combined 78 passengers and 16 crew.
Airlines
- Aeroport Bratsk
- Air Malta
- Air Kazakstan
- Air Moldova
- ASTAIR
- Astrahan Airlines
- Aviacompany Turkmenistan
- Azerbaijan Hava Yollary
- Bashkir Airlines
- Belavia
- British Airways
- Bugulminskoye Airenterprise
- Chitaavia
- Dalavia Far East Airways
- Dnieproavia
- Domodedovo Airlines
- East Line
- Egyptair
- Emirates
- Enkor
- Georgian Airways
- Iberia Airlines
- ITEK-AIR
- Izhavia
- Kaliningradavia
- Kavminvodyavia
- Kogalymavia
- Krasair
- Kyrghyzstan Airlines
- Omskavia
- Orenburg Airlines
- Perm Airlines
- Polet
- Primair
- Pulkovo
- Qatar Airways
- Samara Airlines
- Saratov Airlines
- Siberia Airlines
- SN Brussels Airlines
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Tajikair
- Tatarstan JSC
- Transaero Airlines
- Ural Airlines
- UTair
- Uzbekistan Airways
- Vietnam Airlines
- VIM Airlines
- Volga-Aviaexpress
- Yamal Airlines
External link
- Domodedovo International Airport Homepage (Russian) (http://www.domodedovo.ru)
- Domodedovo International Airport Homepage (English) (http://www.domodedovo.ru/index_en.asp)de:Flughafen Domodedowo