Sheremetyevo is now the largest airport in Russia in terms of international passenger traffic
2013-06-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Sheremetyevo International Airport has announced its performance results for May and the first five months of 2013. The number of passengers handled since the beginning of the year increased by 13.3% as compared to the same period in 2012, reaching 10.5 million people.
Passenger traffic on international routes in January-May 2013 increased by 12.8% and amounted to 6,683,000 passengers. On domestic flights, it increased by 14.2%, amounting to 3,825,000 air travellers.
The number of passengers handled in May 2013 increased by 18.3% as compared to the same period last year and amounted to 2,508,000. Passenger traffic on international flights in May grew by 16.6% and amounted to 1,604,000 people, and on domestic flights — by 21.4%, amounting to 904,000.
The most popular overseas destinations in January-May 2013 were Paris, Hurghada and Prague, CIS destinations were Kiev, Yerevan and Simferopol, and federal destinations — St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and Yekaterinburg.
The airlines providing the main growth of passenger traffic in January-May 2013 were Aeroflot, Transaero and Nord wind.
In January-May 2013 Sheremetyevo Airport hosted 93,960 take-off and landing operations, which is 5.5% more than the same period in 2012. The number of take-off and landing operations in May increased by 8%, amounting to 21,056.
Sheremetyevo International Airport has been recognized as Europe’s top airport of 2012 in terms of service quality based on the results of the Airport Service Quality research program conducted by ACI (Airports Council International)
Sheremetyevo is one of the largest Russian airports in terms of regular international flights. The route network of Sheremetyevo Airport encompasses more than 200 destinations. Sheremetyevo Airport services are utilized by the representatives of three major aviation alliances: SkyTeam (Air France, KLM, Delta, CSA Czech Airlines, Alitalia, China Southern Airlines, Korean Air and others); Star Alliance (SAS, Air China, LOT, Adria Airways and others); Oneworld (Finnair).
According to 2012 results, Sheremetyevo Airport passenger traffic amounted to 26 million 188 thousand people, which is 16.1% more than in 2011.
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