OREANDA-NEWS. Tourist Routes: Autumn 2013 - Winter 2014 Forum was held in Moscow. The forum was organized by Moscow Domodedovo Airport and was attended by over one hundred delegates of Russian and foreign airlines and representatives of the tourist business.

“Planning and discussion of the joint programs, sharing experiences, meeting new partners and development of relations with colleagues - these are only some of the tasks which are tackled by the forum participants on the communication site organized by Domodedovo airport”, opened the forum Vladimir Kamynin, Marketing Director, Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

The Tourist Routes forum takes place twice a year. For the first time it was held in 2002 and over the last 11 years of its existence it has proved to be an efficient international business site bringing together representatives of airlines and tour operators.

This year the forum was held in the unique historical building of the Volkov-Yusupov Palace (stone chambers of XVII century) with the interior adding the national tone to the meeting.

The event was traditionally opened with a presentation block followed by series of bilateral meetings of the participants. The presentation was delivered by Yury Petrakov, a SITA representative. “The aviation market is one of the most technological and innovative. Having a wealth of experience in this area we are glad to share with the forum participants our vision of the future of the tourist business and would like to express gratitude to the Domodedovo airport for providing for us such an opportunity”, he noted telling about the projects of the company, one of the leaders in the international market of aviation telecommunication and IT services.

The agenda also included awarding of the airlines who have become winners of the punctuality competition held by Domodedovo. This competition has been held by the airport for over five years, and airlines are proud of winning in it.

As noted by the event participants, spring Tourist Forum was marked by high activity of foreign representatives - every year there is an increasing number of delegates from CIS and far-abroad countries taking part in the event. One of the obvious results of such meetings is opening of new exclusive routes with Domodedovo being a leader among the Russian airports in terms of their number. One third of the 237 domestic and international destinations of the airport are unique: Russians can take direct flights to 78 Russian and foreign cities only from the Domodedovo airport.

Domodedovo Airport — is the largest one in Russia. In 2012 the airport served 28,2 million people. It joins the category of the largest airports in Europe and became one of three European airports with the highest dynamic development on the classification of the Airports Council International (ACI). Since 2009, Moscow Domodedovo Airport has been holding a rank of the best airport in Eastern Europe according to rating of Skytrax. Domodedovo is chosen for flights by member airlines of two largest global airline alliances — Star Alliance and oneworld.