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Domodedovo Airport
Airport Directory » Russia » Moscow » Domodedovo AirportDomodedovo International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Москва-Домодедово Mezhdunarodniy Aeroport Moskva-Domodedevo) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an international airport turn up 35 kilometre (22 land mile) southward of the center of Moscow, Russia. It is 1 of the 3 major Moscow airports alongside with Sheremetyevo International Airport and Vnukovo Airport. Domodedovo is the biggest airport in Russia in terms of rider and freight traffic; 20.43 million riders used the airport in 2008 (9% increase over 2007).
In 2003 the airport set about an enlargement programme projected to obtain blessing for New Large Aircraft functioning. The landing track, taxi strip and parking area were enlarged and beef up. In March 2009 it was denoted that the blessing had been allowed, doing Domodedovo Airport the 1st in Russia okayed for NLA functioning such as the Airbus A380. The blessing means that its functioning area abide by with size and strength demands of ICAO Category F criterion.
History
Services from Domodedovo set about in March 1964 with a voyage to Sverdlovsk (currently Yekaterinburg) using a Tupolev 104. The airport, thought to manage the development of long-distance domestic traffic in the Soviet Union, was officially opened in May 1965. A 2nd landing track, parallel to the being 1, was set into service 18 calendar month after the opening of the airport. On 26 December 1975, Domodedovo Airport was take for the inaugural voyage of Tupolev Tu-144 to Alma Ata.
Since 1996, Domodedovo Airport has been functioned by East Line Group on a 75-year rent, although the landing track elongate to be controlled by the province. The group has been to a great extent putting in reconstruction of the airport, setting up for usages to be more convenient and the airport to be held clean. Because of various issues at Sheremetyevo, British Airways, Qatar Airways, Swiss International Air Lines, Japan Airlines, and Austrian Airlines travel their voyages from there to Domodedovo. They were come after by Emirates, Brussels Airlines, Thai Airways International, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways and Lufthansa. Meanwhile, Aeroflot had travel some load functioning to Domodedovo. DME is Russia's 1st airport to have parallel landing track functioning at a time. Since the air traffic control tower was reformulated in 2003, DME is able to command over 70 take-offs and landings an 60 minute. The airport currently has 5 business departure lounges, found by single air hose. BA opened its Navigator Club Lounge in 2003. It is full fit out with Wi-Fi Internet access, nutrient and imbibe grants, showers, a coatroom and rub down chairs. The airport is also the hub of some of Russia largest air hose like S7 Airlines which is the largest air hose renter in the airport as good as Kras Air and Transaero.
East Line's strategical end is to stabilise the airport's hereafter, and constitute it as a leading international and multi-modal transit hub. In the 1st 9 calendar month of 2004, international rider flowing at DME increased by 52.8% compared to the same period in 2003. Domestic riders and shipment volumes also increased significantly, doing DME 1 of the world's key airports. DME benefits tremendously from its close propinquity to the Russian capital, raised by its transportation system webs. The airport has 136 foursquare km of district reserved around its immediate neck of the woods, letting the potentiality to evolve a further 7 landing track.
Future enlargement
East Line is now duplicate the depot infinite to 225,000 square meter and denoted programmes to place a further US$300 million into building and upgrades in the next 2 yr. The 97,600 mtwo rider Terminal (T1) at DME is put to increase in size of it by 27,000 mtwo in the 1st level of enlargement which shall be denominated as T2 (this shall be a dedicated international depot). This 1st enlargement will permit an hypertrophied infinite for the check-in area and departure entrances.
The 1st stage of T2 is due to be finished by the finish of 2006 and will permit an extra capacity of 7 million riders per yr. This will then be come after by a stage 2 enlargement of T2 which will increase the aggregative size of the rider depot to 225,000m³. This is scheduled for pass completion by 2012.
By 2012 the new domestic T3 depot shall be finished, increasing DME's capacity to 24-28 million riders per yr, about duplicate its current capacity. Once T4 is made, the airport's capacity is gauged to be around 30 to 35 million riders a yr. All depots will stay tied. They shall be built as extensions to the being depot, and will increase the efficiency of the airport functioning and rider connexions by using ICAO and IATA conveyance engineering.
Terminals
Domodedovo Airport has 1 depot construction. It has 2 wharf,separating the domestic voyages and international voyages. Domodedovo Airport has 22 jetways wholly.
Transport Links
Domodedovo Airport train depotDomodedovo is connected to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in business district Moscow by the non-stop Aeroexpress railroad train. The railroad train run every 30-60 min. from six a.m. to 11 p.m. to the airport, and from seven a.m. to midnight to the town. The sit endures 40 min. and costs 250 rubles (approximately 5.5 Euro). The air hose' riders is able to check out themselves and their baggage in at the Paveletsky Terminal.
Occasional evince railroad train to/from Belorussky Rail Terminal in the town center via Kursky Rail Terminal and Kalanchevskaya station (hours continuance) have been available since 2006, direct plugging in the airport to 5 of the town's 9 railroad depots. There are 3 railroad train per solar day, nevertheless the oftenness of the service is going to be increased.
The regular rail link up Aeroexpress from/to Paveletsky Terminal are available as good; there are over 20 railroad train per solar day, the journey endures approximately 45 min. and the 2009 monetary value is 200 rubles (or approximately four euro).
There is a regular manager service between the airport and the Domodedovskaya station of the Moscow Metro turn up in the southern division of the town. The managers run every 15 min. from six a.m. till midnight; the journey usually endures 25—30 min., the menu is 80 rubles. Share cab from/to the Metro station are available as good, the menu is 100 rubles.
Incidents and accidents
- In August 2004, two suicide bomber (who prove to be 2 female Chechen activists) were responsible for a serious security gap at the airport which do 2 aeroplanes (Volga-AviaExpress Flight 1303 and Siberia Airlines Flight 1047) to be destruct and 90 riders to expire; the 2 events were the Russian aircraft bombardments of August 2004. Since that clip East Line has set off a new security policy and has passed $20 million on security and sense equipment, which has been set up at the airport.
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