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Domodedovo International Airport DME/UUDD |
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01 Oct 09 - Welcome!
This is the place all for photos, taken at the Domodedovo International Airport!
You can upload photos of planes, people, technical transport, buildings at the Domodedovo airport!
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01 Oct 09 - Welcome!
This is the place all for photos, taken at the Domodedovo International Airport!
You can upload photos of planes, people, technical transport, buildings at the Domodedovo airport!
Thank you for your sharing!
About Domodedovo International Airport DME/UUDDDomodedovo International Airport (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an international airport located 35 km (22 miles) south of the centre of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the three major Moscow airports along with Sheremetyevo International Airport and Vnukovo Airport. Domodedovo is the largest airport in Russia in terms of passenger and cargo traffic; 20.43 million passengers used the airport in 2008 (9% increase over 2007).     In 2003 the airport began an expansion program designed to obtain approval for New Large Aircraft operations. The runway, taxiways and parking areas were enlarged and strengthened. In March 2009 it was announced that the approval had been granted, making Domodedovo Airport the first in Russia approved for NLA operations such as the Airbus A380. The approval signifies that its operations areas comply with size and strength requirements of ICAO Category F standards.     Services from Domodedovo began in March 1964 with a flight to Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) using a Tupolev 104. The airport, intended to handle the growth of long-distance domestic traffic in the Soviet Union, was officially opened in May 1965. A 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 Tu-144 to Alma Ata. Since 1996, Domodedovo Airport has been 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, Swiss International Air Lines, Japan Airlines, and Austrian Airlines moved their flights from there to Domodedovo. They were followed by Emirates, Brussels Airlines, Thai Airways International, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways and Lufthansa. Meanwhile, Aeroflot had moved some 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 and Transaero.  I am taking care of the following aviation groups: www.flickr.com/groups/ilyushin96/ www.flickr.com/groups/tupolev204214/ www.flickr.com/groups/utair/ www.flickr.com/groups/an22antei/ www.flickr.com/groups/an12/ www.flickr.com/groups/vnukovo/ www.flickr.com/groups/superjet/ www.flickr.com/groups/brussels_airlines/ |
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