OREANDA-NEWS. January 14, 2008. According to performance results for 2007, Moscow Domodedovo International airport keeps up its leading position among Moscow airports in terms of passenger traffic. Total passenger traffic in 2007 amounted to 18, 755, 098 passengers, a 22,0% increase y-o-y, the press service of the aiport reported.

The highest growth was recorded on such destinations as Antalya, Vienna, Hurghada, Ekaterinburg, St. Petersburg, Sharm el Sheikh, Bangkok, Krasnodar, Chelyabinsk, and Mineralnye Vody. 4, 814, 822 passengers were serviced on these routes in DME, what is 1.4 times better than in 2006. Total passenger traffic in December amounted to 1, 401, 787 passengers, a 21.3% increase over the same period in 2006.

Domodedovo International airport ended 2007 with leading position in terms of take-off and landing operations intensity among Moscow airports. The total number of take-off and landing operations amounted to 181, 141 in 2007, a 20.8% increase compared with 2006. In December, the take-off and landing operations intensity amounted to 15, 415, a 19.7% increase as compared with the same period in 2006.