Sheremetyevo International Airport

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Sheremetyevo International Airport
Международный аэропорт Шереметьево
IATA: SVO – ICAO: 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, 37.41472
Website www.sheremetyevo-airport.ru
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07R/25L 12,139 3,700 Concrete
07L/25R 11,647 3,550 Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Number of Passengers 14,040,000
Press release [1]

Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Шереметьево, IPA: [ʂerʲi'mʲetʲjivɘ]) (IATA: SVO, ICAO: UUEE), is an international airport located north 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 and Davao International Airport in Davao City 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 down the line, which is 7 km from the airport. The rest of the route is by bus or taxi. When the airport rail terminal is complete in front of Terminal 2 (the future Terminal B), trains will run from Belorussky Rail Terminal downtown Moscow all the way to the airport, taking about 35 minutes[2]. The opening of the rail terminal has been delayed several times and now it is expected in the 2nd half of 2008[3].

Sheremetyevo Terminal 1 - for domestic flights.
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, British Airways, Iberia Airlines, Austrian Airlines Group and Swiss International Air Lines), the need for reconstruction has become ever more evident.

Sheremetyevo Terminal 2.
Sheremetyevo Terminal 2.

Upgrading the airport will include construction of a new terminal, Sheremetyevo-3 (Terminal A), served by Sheremetyevo's anchor tenant Aeroflot and its SkyTeam partners. It was slated for completion by January 2008 but then delayed until 2009 [4]; by that time more than 15 million passengers a year will be passing through Sheremetyevo's various terminals.

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 Aeroflot orange and blue 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 February 10th and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2008, when it will be known as Terminal B. 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.

A rapid transit system (mentioned above) was supposed to connect the airport to Leningrad Rail Terminal in Moscow, the departure point for trains to Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad. These plans were abandoned as the city of Moscow announced it was going to concentrate efforts on upgrading a third Moscow airport, Vnukovo but, more recently, these plans have come up again since the Sheremetyevo's train station is due to be completed by January 2008, and it will be linked to the Savyolovsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The train journey will take only 35 minutes, a vast improvement over the numerous hours that people sometimes spend getting to the airport by car on the usually crowded Leningrad Highway.

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:

  • Aeroflot (Adler/Sochi, Anapa , Astrakhan, Barnaul, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mineralnye Vody, Nizhnevartovsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Samara, St. Petersburg, Surgut, Tyumen, Ufa, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
  • Aeroflot-Don (Adler, Murmansk, Rostov)
  • Aeroflot-Nord (Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Murmansk, Naryan Mar)
  • Belavia (Minsk)
  • Dalavia (Khabarovsk)
  • KD Avia (Kaliningrad)
  • Samara Airlines (Samara)
  • Tatarstan Airlines (Kazan)
  • Transaero (St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg)
  • Yamal Airlines (Salekhard)

[edit] Terminal 2

International flights only:

[edit] Terminal C

Short haul international flights:

[edit] Cargo Airlines

[edit] Accidents and incidents

[edit] References

  1. ^ рБУУБЦЙТПРПФПЛ «ыЕТЕНЕФШЕЧП» Ч 2007 ЗПДХ ЧЩТПУ ОБ 10% - ФТБОУРПТФ, ыЕТЕНЕФШЕЧП - тПУВБМФ-вЙЪОЕУ
  2. ^ Нецдхобтпдощк Бьтпрптф Ыетенефшечп ::
  3. ^ Рпеъдб Ч Ыетенефшечп Рпкдхф Еэе Ое Улптп, Фтефйк Фетнйобм Вхдеф Зпфпч Юетеъ Зпд / Тпууйс : Бьтпрптфщ / Travel.Ru
  4. ^ Рпеъдб Ч Ыетенефшечп Рпкдхф Еэе Ое Улптп, Фтефйк Фетнйобм Вхдеф Зпфпч Юетеъ Зпд / Тпууйс : Бьтпрптфщ / Travel.Ru

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