2012-07-23 — /travelprnews.com/ — Sheremetyevo International Airport has been admitted to accepting of Airbus A380-800 and A380-800F aircrafts and their modifications. The respective Order on the Admission to accepting ?380 aircrafts since August 01, 2012 has been issued by the Federal Agency of Air Transport.
To obtain a permit for accepting and regular operation of A380 AC, airports need to comply with high standards of technical equipment of aerodromes and their components (space and strength of coating of runways, taxiways and parking areas etc.), in accordance with “Civil aviation aerodromes operation serviceability standards” (CAAOSS).
According to the classification of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), A380 AC falls within 4F category, combining the largest aircraft types. To date, the double-decked A380 Airbus is the world’s largest passenger airliner.
The A380 aircraft’s dimensions impose special requirements on a landing airport, which should possess certain technical capabilities. Length of A380 superliner is 73 m, height is 24.1 m, and span clearance is 79.8 m. The aircraft accommodates 5 rows of seats, and the maximum number of seats is 853, which is about twice as much as in Boeing-747.
Check of the Sheremetyevo Airport’s suitability for accepting A380 AC and its modifications involved various aspects, such as air navigation servicing of AC, meteorological, aviation engineering and radiotechnical support of flights of this AC type, passenger transport and servicing, and also availability of the airport’s surface facilities, special transport and technical supply. To ensure engineering aviation support of A380 aircrafts’ flights, Sheremetyevo Airport has purchased tow bars for large-sized liners. Moreover, the airport staff members have received additional training in “The specifics of Ground Handling of A380 AC and its modifications” and obtained permits to ground handling of the AC. The training was conducted by specialists from Airbus S.A.S. company.
The large-scale check of the airport has confirmed its complete suitability for servicing this AC type.
Airbus 380 is the world’s largest airliner, manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. company (former Airbus Industrie). A380 is capable of conducting continuous flights up to 15,200 km. The carrying capacity is 555 passengers (853 passengers for charter configuration). It?380 is the most economical large-sized liner: it consumes 3 liters of fuel per one passenger for 100 km. It is equipped with four engines.
There is also a cargo carrying modification of the aircraft — A380F, it is capable of carrying cargoes up to 150 tons, to the distance of up to 10,400 km. The takeoff weight is 560 tons (the aircraft’s weight is 280 tons).
Sheremetyevo International Airport is the largest Russian airport which handles internal and international air flights. 83.04% of the shares of JSC SIA belong to the state represented by Federal Property Management Agency. Sheremetyevo Airport’s network of routes includes more than 200 destinations.
In 2011, Sheremetyevo’s total passenger traffic was 22,555,000 people, which is 16.7% more than in 2010.
In 2010 airport Sheremetyevo became a leader in the increasing of passenger traffic among the European airports, the airport handled 19,329,000 passengers, which is 31% more than in 2009.
According to the results of the quality research program in the world airports ASQ ACI (Airport Service Quality), Sheremetyevo airport was reckoned among 10 top best European airports in 2011.
According to the annual rating of Skytrax Research company (Great Britain), Sheremetyevo International Airport is one of the three best airports in Eastern Europe in terms of quality of service.
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