Sheremetyevo International Airport

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Sheremetyevo International Airport
Международный аэропорт Шереметьево
IATA: SVOICAO: UUEE
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator International Airport Sheremetyevo
Location Moscow, Russia
Elevation AMSL 622 ft / 190 m
Coordinates 55°58′22″N 37°24′53″E / 55.97278°N 37.41472°E / 55.97278; 37.41472Coordinates: 55°58′22″N 37°24′53″E / 55.97278°N 37.41472°E / 55.97278; 37.41472
Website www.svo.aero
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07R/25L 12,139 3,700 Concrete
07L/25R 11,647 3,550 Concrete
Statistics (2008)
Number of Passengers 15,214,000
Press release [1]

Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Шереметьево, Mezhdunarodniy Aeroport Sheremet'evo IPA: [ʂerʲiˈmʲetʲjivə]) (IATA: SVOICAO: UUEE), is an international airport located 29km (18 miles) north-west of Moscow, Russia. It is a hub for the passenger operations of the Russian international airline Aeroflot, and one of the three major airports serving Moscow along with Domodedovo International Airport and Vnukovo (the IATA area code for Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo is MOW). It is the second largest in Russia (after Domodedovo); in 2007 it handled 14.04 million passengers (10% increase with respect to 2006) and 117,044 tonnes of cargo (5.6% increase).

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[edit] History

Sheremetyevo was opened on 11 August 1959; the first international flight was on 1 June 1960 to Berlin (Schönefeld Airport). Sheremetyevo-1 (used by domestic flights) was opened on 3 September 1964. On 12 September 1967, the first scheduled passenger flight of Tupolev Tu-134 departed from Sheremetyevo (to Stockholm), followed by the first scheduled flight of Ilyushin Il-62 (to Montreal) on 15 September.

Sheremetyevo-2, the larger of the two terminals, opened on 1 January 1980 for the Moscow Olympics and is the arrival and departure point for international flights. Flights to cities in Russia and charter flights arrive and depart from Sheremetyevo-1. There is no physical connection between the two terminals; they are essentially separate airports using the same set of runways. Such a layout is rather unusual worldwide; Perth Airport in Western Australia, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, and Davao International Airport in Davao City, Philippines are other examples.

[edit] Transport and accessibility

It can take anywhere from 20 minutes to two hours from the city center to get to the airport. The main road leading to the airport — Leningradskoe Highway — can get clogged during the rush hour, often resulting in passengers missing their flights. Calling a cab from downtown Moscow to Sheremetyevo costs around $30–40. Slow buses and faster minivans (fixed price shared taxis, known as marshrutkas) connect Sheremetyevo with Moscow's extensive metro network.

In November 2004, an express train connection was established from the Savyolovsky Rail Terminal to the Lobnya station (25 minutes), which is 7 km from the airport, with the remainder of the journey taken by bus or taxi. On 10 June 2008, a new 60,000 square meter rail terminal opened in front of Terminal 2 (the future Terminal B) with direct service from Savyolovsky Rail Terminal. A shuttle bus service ferries passengers to Terminal 1 and new Terminal C. Tickets on the rail service cost 250 roubles (350 roubles for first class), and journeys take 35 minutes. By the end of 2008, express trains will also run from Belorussky Rail Terminal to the new airport rail terminal, and by 2015, it is intended that a new central rail terminal will service all three of Moscow's main airports. The rail link is operated by Aeroexpress, a subsidiary of Russian Railways.[2]

Sheremetyevo Terminal 1 - for domestic flights.

[edit] Ongoing construction

In the 2000s Sheremetyevo saw growing competition from a newer and more comfortable Domodedovo International Airport. With major airlines leaving Sheremetyevo (most notably, Lufthansa, British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Japan Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines Group and Swiss International Air Lines), the need for reconstruction has become ever more evident (Lufthansa is going to return to SVO).

Sheremetyevo Terminal 2.

A brand new, state-of-the-art, Terminal C, costing an estimated US$87.7 million is now completed beside the old Terminal 1 and has welcomed its first passengers. The terminal is also painted in the new Sheremetyevo orange color scheme. This terminal is to have capacity for 5 million passengers per year and 40,000-square-meter of floor space. The old Terminal 1 (or Sheremetyevo-1) currently caters mainly to internal flights. It will be refurbished as a terminal for business jets.

Terminal 2 (or Sheremetyevo-2) is undergoing what the airport's management calls "cosmetic repairs", but a major reconstruction was started on 10 February and is scheduled for completion by mid-2009 where a new section connecting Terminal A and the Old Terminal 2 will open [3]. It will be known as Terminal 2A. After the reconstruction, which is reported to cost $310 million, its capacity is to be more than doubled, from 8 million to 18 million passengers per year, and it will be capable of servicing the giant Airbus A380. Two new wings are to be constructed for more passenger and aircraft room. One of the wings will also serve as a connector to Terminal A. The entire terminal will be expanded and fully remodeled for passenger comfort. New shops and restaurants, as well as brand new VIP lounges are to be constructed. A new parking area for aircraft will also be built for more aircraft capacity. The new car parking lot will be built in front of the terminal to increase car capacity. A new International Business Center is also being constructed for offices and other facilities.

The airport's two runways are set for major reconstruction, including widening and resurfacing. The Moscow Oblast government has reserved a piece of land by the airport for a future third runway.

[edit] Terminals and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

Domestic flights and flights to Belarus:

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Anapa, Astrakhan, Barnaul, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mineralnye Vody, Nizhnevartovsk, Norilsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Samara, Sochi, St. Petersburg, Tyumen, Ufa, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Aeroflot-Don Rostov, Surgut, Ufa
Aeroflot-Nord Arkhangelsk, Eisk, Kaliningrad, Murmansk, Naryan Mar, Samara, Simferopol, Syktyvkar, Novosibirsk, Perm, Samara
Belavia Minsk
Rossiya St. Petersburg
Tatarstan Airlines Kazan
Ural Airlines Ekaterinburg
Yamal Airlines Salekhard

[edit] Terminal 2

Airlines Destinations
Adria Airways Ljubljana
Aeroflot Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Baku, Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing-Capital, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin-Schönefeld, Bishkek, Brussels, Bucharest-Otopeni, Budapest, Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Delhi, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Dubai, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanoi, Hanover, Havana, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Istanbul-Atatürk, Kiev-Boryspil, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Luanda, Madrid, Malaga, Milan-Malpensa, Munich, New York-JFK, Nice, Oslo-Gardermoen, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Prague, Riga, Rome-Fiumicino, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Sofia, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tashkent, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tokyo-Narita, Ulaanbaatar, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna, Warsaw, Washington-Dulles, Yerevan, Zagreb, Zürich
Air Algérie Algiers
Air China Beijing-Capital
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Malta Malta
airBaltic Riga
Alitalia Milan-Malpensa, Rome-Fiumicino
Bulgaria Air Bourgas, Sofia, Varna
Czech Airlines Karlovy Vary, Prague
Cyprus Airways Larnaca
Delta Air Lines Atlanta [seasonal], New York-JFK
Estonian Air Tallinn
Finnair Helsinki
Hainan Airlines Beijing-Capital
Iran Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Jat Airways Belgrade
KLM Amsterdam
Korean Air Seoul-Incheon
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw
Malév Hungarian Airlines Budapest
MIAT Mongolian Berlin-Tegel, Ulaanbaatar
Olympic Airlines Athens
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Transaero Airlines Antalya, Dalaman, Simferopol, Tel Aviv
Turkish Airlines Antalya, Istanbul-Atatürk

[edit] Terminal C

Short haul international flights:

Airlines Destinations
Aeroflot Barcelona, Bratislava, Corfu, Eilat-Ovda, Heraklion, Karlovy Vary, Larnaca, Rhodes, Simferopol, Split
Aerosvit Airlines Kiev-Boryspil, Odessa
Air Astana Almaty, Astana
Ariana Afghan Airlines Kabul
Armavia Yerevan
Blue Wings Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Leipzig/Halle, Münster/Osnabrück

[edit] Cargo airlines

[edit] Accidents and incidents

[edit] References

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