Traffic soaring at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport

Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport reports it has provided services to 18 million passengers since the beginning of the year.

Passenger traffic on international airlines from January-July reached 10.55 million, and on domestic airlines increased by 23.7%, totalling 7.3 million, the gateway says.

The volume of passengers provided with services in July 2014 grew by 8.2% compared with the same period last year.

This included three million 371,000 passengers, and traffic on international airlines in July reached two million passengers, and on domestic airlines it rose by 25.5%, reaching 1.3 million.

In January-July 2014 Antalya, Paris, Prague, and Beijing were among the most popular foreign destinations, with St. Petersburg, Simferopol, Sochi, and Krasnodar among the most sought-after domestic destinations.

The bulk of passenger-traffic gains observed in the seven months was provided by Aeroflot, Transaero, Donavia, Nordwind, Orenburg Airlines, Nordavia, and Air France.

In January-July 2014, Sheremetyevo Airport handled 146,966 take-off-and-landing operations, which is 5.9% more than in the same period in 2013, while in July, the overall volume of take-off and-landing operations grew by 2.3%, reaching 23,438 operations.

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Qatar Airways to fly Dreamliner to Moscow

Commencing on 1 September 2014, the airline will add two weekly flights to its Doha-Moscow route, bringing the total frequency to 14 flights per week, or two per day. And to add even more capacity on the route, Qatar Airways will replace its current mix of single-aisle Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft with a combination of A320s and twin-aisle B787s.

“We established our Moscow route just over 10 years ago, and since then we have watched it grow steadily,” said Qatar Airways’ CEO, Akbar Al Baker. “I’m very pleased that we are able to meet our customers demand by increasing not only the frequency of flights per week, but also introducing one of the most state-of-the-art aircraft in the world to the route.”The increase in both frequency and aircraft capacity will add 188 more business class seats and 1,328 extra economy class seats to the route every week.

Qatar Airways’ Dreamliner features 254 seats in two cabins – 22 in business class and 232 in economy.

The upgraded Moscow flights will leave Doha every day at 0725 and 1445, with the return flights departing the Russian capital at 1245 and 1955.

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Etihad doubles daily flights from Abu Dhabi to Moscow

Etihad Airways will increase its Abu Dhabi-Moscow services from seven flights per week to two per day on June 1 and then to three per day from October 1.

The UAE flag carrier started flying to the Russian capital’s Domodedovo airport (DME) in December 2008, and since then has carried more than 400,000 travellers. In 2013 passenger numbers rose 36 per cent compared to 2012, achieving double-digit

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Aeroflot Group’s full year 2013 net profit increases 41.9% to $203.3 million

Aeroflot Russian Airlines (Moscow) today announced the consolidated IFRS financial results of the Aeroflot Group (Moscow) for the twelve months ending December 31, 2013. Key financial highlights:

• Full year 2013 net income increased 41.9% to RUB 7,334.7 mlm ($203.3 million);

• Full year 2013 revenue increased 15.0% to RUB 290,955.8 mlm ($9.135 billion);

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