Sheremetyevo Airport is Russia’s Passenger-Traffic Leader
Sheremetyevo Airport Ranks First among the Largest European Airports inВ Terms ofВ Growth Rate inВ March 2014
Sheremetyevo International Airport has summarized its operating performance for April and the first four months ofВ 2014. Since the beginning ofВ the year, the number ofВ serviced passengers has grown byВ 11% over the same period inВ 2013, reaching 8,880,000В passengers, which isВ the best result among Russian airports.
Passenger traffic on international airlines in January-April 2014 increased by 2.8%, totaling 5,218,000 passengers, and on domestic airlines — by 25.4%, totaling 3,661,000 passengers.
According toВ figures for April 2014, passenger traffic atВ Sheremetyevo Airport grew byВ 10.6%, amounting toВ 2,443,000В passengers. Passenger traffic onВ international airlines inВ April reached 1,401,000В passengers, while passenger traffic onВ domestic airlines grew byВ 28.2%, reaching 1,042,000В passengers.
InВ the first four months ofВ 2014, Paris, Prague, Beijing, Kiev, Rome, Bangkok, Istanbul, New York, Hurghada, Amsterdam and Sharm-el-Sheikh were among the most popular foreign destinations, with St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg, Mineralnye Vody, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Kazan and Novosibirsk among the most popular domestic destinations.
Passenger traffic growth inВ January-April 2014 was mainly due toВ the performance ofВ the following airlines: Aeroflot, Donavia, Transaero, Nordwind Airlines, Nordavia, Orenair, Air France and Czech Airlines.
InВ January-April 2014, Sheremetyevo Airport handled 79,496 takeoff-and-landing operations, which isВ 9% more than inВ the same period ofВ 2013. InВ April, the number ofВ takeoff-and-landing operations grew byВ 5%, reaching 20,340В operations.
ItВ isВ also particularly worth noting that according toВ ACIВ Europe, Sheremetyevo Airport ranks first among the largest European airports inВ terms ofВ growth rate inВ March 2014. European growth leaders inВ ACI groupВ I (passenger traffic > 25В million): Moscow SVO (+11.7%), Barcelona BCN (+6.2%), Istanbul IST (+6.1%), London LGW (+5.1%), Paris ORY (+2.8%).
Sheremetyevo International Airport isВ recognized asВ the top European airport offering the best service quality inВ year 2013 according toВ the results ofВ Airport Service Quality research program ofВ ACI (Airports Council International).
Sheremetyevo isВ the largest Russian airport inВ terms ofВ handling regular international flights. The destinations network ofВ Sheremetyevo includes over 200В destinations.
According toВ the results ofВ 2013 Sheremetyevo Airport passenger traffic reached 29В million 256 thousand people, which isВ 11.7% more than inВ 2012.
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Date modified:
20.05.2014