Sunday, May 19, 2024
Sheremetyevo International Airport has announced the official launch of its new terminal C, the first stage of a massive project designed to boost flag carrier Aeroflot’s base hub whilst also increasing Russia’s largest airport’s annual capacity to 100 million passengers, Rusaviainsider.com informed. The new terminal C, which is connected to...
Sheremetyevo International Airport's new passenger terminal - built and equipped in compliance with the highest global standards - was officially unveiled to the public on Friday. The official opening ceremony was attended by Aleksandr Yurchik, Transport Deputy Minister of Russia; Aleksandr Neradko, Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency;...
Russian airlines collectively served some 128.1 million passengers last year, a 10.2 per cent improvement on 2018, the preliminary operational results data by the country’s aviation authority Rosaviatsiya show, according to Izvestia. The results corresponds with the growth rate expectations of industry analysts. During the year, the industry’s RPKs increased...
Sheremetyevo International Airport has announced it showed impressive results in 2019, with the number of passengers served increasing by 8.9 percent over 2018, to 49.9 million, the company said. In 2019, the passenger flow on international airlines was more than 26.6 million, an increase of 7.8 percent; growth on domestic...
Three leading Russian airports, all serving the country’s Moscow capital, achieved contrasting results in terms of passenger numbers growth last year, Rusaviainsider.com reports. Sheremetyevo, Russia’s main gateway, reported a notable 8.9 percent year-on-year increase in passenger numbers, up to 49.9 million last year. International traffic rose by 7.8 percent to...
With a new runway operational and a gleaming international terminal opening this month, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport has set an ambitious target to double traffic to 100 million passengers a year, OZY writes. Nearly half are set to come from routes that were until only recently an afterthought: connecting flights between...
The Russian capital, which last year was the top-hashtagged city on Instagram, has been named the world’s fifth-best metropolis in a ranking of 100 major cities by Resonance Consultancy, RIA Novosti reports.  “Intriguing and increasingly hungry for global attention, Russia’s beguiling capital is a cultural gold mine spanning the ages,”...
Sheremetyevo Airport is looking to capitalize on increased Chinese tourism to the country, The Financial Times informed. More than 2.3m Chinese tourists flew into Sheremetyevo in 2019, including 1.26m who transferred via the airport. Sheremetyevo, which offers flights to 29 Chinese cities served by eight Chinese airlines, expects their...
The troubled southern Russian republic of Chechnya is offering military-themed holidays in an unconventional attempt to attract up to 400,000 visitors per year, Eurasia Times reports. The regional tourism minister, Muslim Baytazev, offered visits to a Chechen special forces detachment. “Where better than Chechnya to learn how to use weapons and...
The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia), told Russian air carriers to avoid flights in the airspace of Iraq, Iran, the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, RBC reported on Wednesday. “Due to information on existing security risks for international civil aircraft flights, Rosaviatsia recommends until further notice not to...