OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 January 2009 Moscow International Airport Domodedovo announced performance results for 2008.

According to these results DME maintains leadership in the Moscow aviation hub in terms of the number of passengers serviced in 2008.

The general passenger turnover of the airport in 2008 amounted to 20 437 516 people, which is a 9,0% increase over 2007.

The highest growth was recorded on destinations such as Frankfurt, St. Petersburg, Munich, Kaliningrad, Khabarovsk, Sochi, Kishinev, Vladivostok, Vienna, Krasnodar.

Domodedovo handled over 2 977 962 passengers on these routes, a 68,3% growth over 2007.

The route network of Domodedovo airport was broadened. Regular flights on destinations such as Budapest, Dublin, Abu-Dhabi, Houston, Hamburg, Ostrava, Ivano-Frankovsk and Yokshar-Ola were opened.

Such major airlines as Lufthansa, American airlines, Malev, Etihad, Aegean Airlines, Arkia, Israir, Wind Rose and Region – Avia became partners to DME.

In detail:

Passenger throughput on international routes in 2008 reached 12 071 506 passengers, a 11,9% increase over 2007. The most popular routes were Antalya, Khurgada, Sharm El-Sheikh, London, Frankfurt, Tel-Aviv, Dubai;

Passenger traffic on domestic routes in 2008 reached 8 366 010 passengers, a 5.1% rise against the results of 2007. Most popular destinations in Russia were St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Mineralnie Vodi, Khabarovsk.

Currently 78 carriers operate flights from and to Domodedovo on 207 destinations worldwide. Amongst them are 37 international carriers, 27 Russian, 14 from the CIS. The route network covered by DME’s partner airlines is quite unique: 84 destinations can be reached only and exclusively from Domodedovo in the Moscow aviation hub.