OREANDA-NEWS. December 18, 2009. Moscow Airport Domodedovo congratulates its partner, a Belgian airline, Brussels Airlines on accession to the Star Alliance.

An official ceremony was held in Brussels’ historic Grand Place on December 9 2009. That day, check in area of Brussels Airlines in Domodedovo was decorated a balloon arc of the airline’s corporate colors.

Brussels Airlines is a Belgian airline offering the widest choice of flights to/from the capital of Europe. With a fleet of 51 aircraft the airline operates some 200 daily flights to 55 European airports and 14 African destinations. With the addition of Brussels Airlines customers of the Star Alliance network can now choose from more than 19 700 daily flights to reach 1 077 destinations in 175 countries.

Domodedovo is the largest airport of Russia and the Eastern Europe, the number-one Russian airport in terms of passenger traffic. Its share in general volume of passenger traffic in Moscow Traffic Control Area (TMA) makes 45,3 % (calculated for 9 months of this year). In 2008 Domodedovo airport provided services for 20,4 mln. passengers.

The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide coverage. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways.