OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow Domodedovo Airport is switching to spring and summer schedule which offers more opportunities of seasonal vacations and opens up new destinations for passengers traveling through the air hub.

For this new season, airlines being partners of Moscow Domodedovo Airport are preparing a lot of pleasant surprises for their travelers expanding their route network and increasing the number of flights to popular destinations. So, S7 Airlines will start to operate flights to Helsinki daily, giving its passengers a chance to go on an exciting journey through one of the most amazing countries in the world. Launching flights to Larnaca and Paphos from Moscow Domodedovo Aiport, the airline company will take travelers to the island of legends and hot sun. Aegean Airlines will open up an ambitious program of flights from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Greece: Athens, Heraklion, Kalamata, Corfu, Kos, Rhodes, Thessaloniki - tourists will be offered more opportunities to enjoy a wonderful holiday in the popular resorts. For those who are planning to bring luxury experience from their vacation, Etihad Airways suggests going to the UAE capital from the best airport of Russia: the carrier will increase the number of flights to Abu Dhabi.

Emirates Airlines will offer the passengers of Moscow Domodedovo Airport to fly to the United Arab Emirates only aboard A380 superliner: in summer, it will replace its Boeing 777 on the second regular flight Dubai - Moscow - Dubai. Thus, all Emirates flights from the air hub will be operated aboard the world's largest passenger aircraft. This quality of services of the regular flights between Russia and the UAE is currently available only to Domodedovo passengers.

Two new unique destinations can be truly "hot" for the passengers of Moscow Domodedovo Airport: Naples and Alghero. During the spring/summer season, the flight to the homeland of pizza will be operated by Meridiana fly. Those who like to combine sightseeing and beaches will be offered to fly to one of the treasures of Sardinia, to the "city of corals" Alghero by Air Livingston, a partner of Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Besides, the Italian carriers will launch flights from Domodedovo to Olbia, Cagliari and Catania.

A new season is a time of new experiences, looking for which many travelers prefer to go on journeys across Russia. Moscow Domodedovo Airport, having the most extensive route network in the country, offers yet another route Moscow - Stary Oskol - Moscow, which has no analogues in the capital aviation hub. Polet Airlines started to operate flights to this fascinating city on March 30 twice a week.

The quality of the route network along with a high transfer potential of Moscow Domodedovo Airport - that's what makes the airport so popular. 86 out of 241 destinations are unique for the Moscow aviation hub. In 2013, during the spring/summer season nearly 23 million people chose this air hub for travelling. Analysts forecast growth in passenger traffic during the tourist 2014 season as a result of the increase in the number of routs and flights to/from Domodedovo.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest air hub in Russia, and in 2013, its total passenger traffic amounted 30.76 million people. It falls into the category of the largest airports in Europe and is among the top three fastest growing airports in Europe according to the ACI Europe classification. It is the best airport in Russia and the CIS as rated by Skytrax. Domodedovo is the base airport in Moscow for member airlines of the largest global airline alliances - Star Alliance and oneworld.