Domodedovo International Airport

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Domodedovo International Airport
Аэропорт Домоде́дово
IATA: DME - ICAO: UUDD
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator East Line Group
Serves Moscow
Elevation AMSL 588 ft (179 m)
Coordinates 55°24′31″N, 37°54′22″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14L/32R 12,448 3,794 Concrete
14R/32L
Closed		 11,483 3,500 Concrete
14C/32C 8,531 2,600 Concrete
Statistics (2005)
Number of Passengers 13,960,000

Domodedovo International Airport (Russian: Домоде́дово) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an airport 35 km (22 miles) south of the centre of Moscow, Russia. Moscow has several airports, of which the most prominent are Sheremetyevo International Airport and Domodedovo. Domodedovo leads in domestic flights and flights to the CIS countries and is starting to challenge Sheremetyevo in number of international passengers. At present (2006), Domodedovo is the main airport of Russia, surpassing Sheremetyevo even in number of international passengers. It recorded 13,960,000 passengers in 2005.

Service from Domodedovo started with a flight to Sverdlovsk (present Ekaterinburg) using a 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. Second runway, parallel to the existing one, was 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 in 1996, Domodedovo Airport is being operated by East Line Group on a 75-year lease, although the runways continue to be controlled by the state. The group has been heavily investing in reconstruction of the airport, arranging for customs to be more convenient and the airport to be kept clean. Because of various issues at Sheremetyevo, British Airways, Qatar Airways, and Swiss International Air Lines moved their flights from there to Domodedovo. They were followed by Emirates, SN Brussels Airlines(formerly Sabena) and Thai Airways International. Meanwhile, Aeroflot had moved all cargo operations to Domodedovo. DME is Russia's first airport to have parallel runways operating simultaneously. Since the air traffic control tower was redeveloped in 2003, DME can control over 70 take-offs and landings an hour. The airport now has five business departure lounges, set up by individual airlines. BA opened its Navigator Club Lounge in 2003. It is fully equipped with Wi-Fi Internet access, food and drink concessions, showers, a cloakroom and massage chairs.The airport is also the hub of some of Russia biggest airlines like S7 Airlines which is the biggest airline tenant in the airport as well as Kras Air and Transaero.

Domodedovo is linked to Moscow by the Aeroexpress train to Paveletsky Rail Terminal. The ride lasts 40 minutes and the airlines' passengers can check in themselves as well as their luggage at the station.

EAST LINE's strategic goal is to stabilize the airport's future, and establish it as a major international and multi-modal transportation hub. In the first nine months of 2004, international passenger flow at DME increased by 52.8% compared to the same period in 2003. Domestic passengers and cargo volumes also increased significantly, making DME one of the world's key airports. DME benefits hugely from its close proximity to the Russian capital, enhanced by its transportation networks. The airport has 13,600ha of land reserved around its immediate vicinity, allowing the potential to develop a further seven runways.

In August 2004 two suicide bombers (who turned out to be two female Chechen freedom fighters) were responsible for a serious security breach at the airport which caused two planes to be destroyed and 90 passengers to lose their lives. Since that time EAST LINE has instigated a new security policy and has spent $20 million on security and detection equipment, which has been installed at the airport.


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[edit] Future expansion

East Line is currently doubling the terminal space to 225,000 square meters and announced to invest a further $300 million into construction and upgrades in the next two years.The 97,600m² Passenger Terminal (T1) at DME is set to increase in size by 27,000m² in the first stage of expansion which will be designated as T2 (this will be a dedicated international terminal). This first expansion will allow an enlarged space for the check-in area and departure gates. The first phase of T2 is due for completion by the end of 2006 and will allow an extra capacity of 7 million passengers per year. This will then be followed by a phase two expansion of T2 which will increase the overall size of the passenger terminal to 225,000m³. This is scheduled for completion by 2012. DME can currently handle 14 million passengers per year (2005 figures). More than 12 million passengers passed through the airport in 2004, a 30% increase on 2003. Once the expansion is complete, the airport expects to have an annual capacity of 30 million to 35 million passengers and be one of Europe's largest airports.

By 2012 the new domestic T3 terminal will be completed, increasing DME's capacity to between 24 million and 28 million passengers per year, approximately double its current capacity.Once T4 is built, the airport's capacity is estimated to accommodate 30 million to 35 million passengers on an annual basis.All terminals will remain connected. They will be built as extensions to the existing terminal, and will increase the efficiency of airport operations and passenger connections by using International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) transfer technology.

[edit] New airlines

Royal Jordanian Airlines (which has also left Sheremetyevo International Airport) started flights to Domodedovo airport from Amman. Karat also plans to make a progressive transfer into Domodedovo airport. Royal Jordanian Airlines will become the 19-th international air carrier operating regular services from Domodedovo International Airport and the fifth air company from the Middle East. Other Middle Eastern airlines performing scheduled flights from Domodedovo include Emirates (UAE), Qatar Airways (Qatar), Egypt Air (Egypt) and EL AL (Israel). In 2007 one of the newest airlines that will start flights to Domodedovo will be Austrian Airlines which will leave Sheremetyevo International Airport just as Royal Jordanian Airlines did in September 2006. bmi (British Midland International Airways) began operating from London Heathrow to Domodedovo, their inaugural flight operating on 29th October 2006. The route is the first of the airline's Medium-Haul operations and is operated as a joint venture with Transaero.

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Historic Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 on display. The Tu-114 on display at Domodedovo, which was one of the three remained, has been removed and scrapped in August 2006 in order to gain space for multi storage parking facilities.
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Historic Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18 on display. The Tu-114 on display at Domodedovo, which was one of the three remained, has been removed and scrapped in August 2006 in order to gain space for multi storage parking facilities.

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