OREANDA-NEWS. September 3, 2012. Moscow Domodedovo Airport has announced the winners of its Most Punctual Russian and Foreign Passenger Airlines monthly contest. In July, the most punctual carriers were: Transaero, Nord Star, Polet, Avia Management Group, Aegean Airlines, Montenegro Airlines, Emirates, and SCAT.

- Emirates’ victory in its category in the Domodedovo Airport’s contest in July 2012, is an honor to Emirates and evaluates our work, - Egor Plakhov, Emirates Russia and CIS Director, said. – The operation of Emirates’ flights up to the schedule allows our clients to plan their trips with outmost accuracy and to fly to their destinations comfortably with reliable transfers at International Dubai Airport and Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport has created equal conditions for all air companies that participated in the contest, by dividing them into 8 categories by the flight schedule and passenger flow. In July, the leaders were: Transaero with 1933 just-in-time flights in the first category; Nord Start with 162 flights in the second category; and Polet with 356 flights in the third category. Avia Management Group topped the fourth category with 49 non-delayed flights. Leading foreign airlines are: Aegean Airlines, the 5th category (121 flights), Montenegro Airlines, the 6th category (104 flights), Emirates, the 7th category (61 flights), SCAT, 8th category (26 flights).

- We are proud that Moscow Domodedovo Airport awarded us the status of the most punctual airline in the category, - Grigory Bashkirev, the PR Department Director at Polet Airlines, underlined. - Our airline always maintains to our commitments to passengers, and the strict rules of this contest based on the international standards help us improve the coordination of our efforts.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport established the contest 5 years ago, seeking to improve the passenger services. Since then, the number of Russian and foreign partner airlines that link Moscow to the hundreds of destinations all over the world has grown by a third. According As at 22 August 2012, the Airport hosts eighty four airlines that operate 243 domestic and international flights, with flights unique for Moscow Region.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport in passenger traffic in Russia. As a result of 2011 the airport served 25,701,610 people, which enabled it to become one of the largest airports in Europe by the ACI classification. Moscow Domodedovo Airport was selected by the leading global aviation alliances, Star Alliance and oneworld, for their flights to Moscow. Since 2010 Moscow Domodedovo Airport has been on the first line of the list of the best airports in Eastern Europe for quality of service, according to the annual survey of Skytrax Research, an independent research company (UK).