OREANDA-NEWS. November 23, 2012. In early November, Moscow Domodedovo Airport released a long-awaited update of its interactive application DME Live: The game is available for free download on the official web-site of the airport and through the App Store for the operating systems MS Windows, MacOS and iOS.

Opening the door to the fascinating world of aviation, DME Live offers its users to try to manage the largest airport in Russia and Eastern Europe. Players are to ensure the operative handling of aircrafts: In order to do this it is necessary to allocate aircrafts on its parking area in the most appropriate way, to load in-flight catering and baggage on time, deliver passengers on board as well as to handle cargo. The updated version of the application offers additional options for ground handling, for example, a player defines how much fuel is required for refueling depending on the aircraft type.

One month before the opening of scheduled commercial flights, the biggest passenger aircraft A380 will start its regular flights to the virtual Domodedovo Airport. In the game, like in reality, the handling of this aircraft type is organized through a special ramp located at the apron parking and marked "A380".

Now it is possible to share the achievements in managing the airport with friends, thanks to the support of the application by the Game Center technology which, upon registration, allows the users to participate in the leaders' rating and get awards.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport of Russia in terms of passenger traffic. In 2011, total passenger traffic of the airport amounted to 25,701,610 people which let Domodedovo to become the first Russian airport to join the category of the largest airports in Europe on the classification of the Airports Council International (ACI). Domodedovo is the base airport in Russia for member airlines of two largest global airline alliances - oneworld and Star Alliance. Moscow Domodedovo Airport tops the list of the best airports in Eastern Europe in terms of the service quality, according to the annual survey by the independent research company Skytrax Research (UK).