OREANDA-NEWS. October 19, 2010. Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Armenian national air carrier – Armavia welcomed a 200 000 passenger of Moscow – Yerevan flight.

In 2009 Armavia carried 170 thousand passengers to/from Domodedovo airport while nine months of 2010 have already seen 200 thousand travelers carried by Armavia to/from the airport. More than 45% of Armavia flights from Moscow to Yerevan are operated from Domodedevo airport.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Armavia congratulated a milestone passenger flying to Yerevan on a check in counter with gifts and souvenirs.

Armavia – an Armenian national air carrier - was established in 1996. In June 2005 Mika Limited bought out all shares of the airline. At the moment Armavia operates more than 102 flights per week to 35 destinations in 20 countries. In 2009 Armavia carried more than 700 thousand passengers.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest airport of Russia. Its market share in total passenger traffic in Moscow Aviation Hub makes 46%. At the moment 75 partner airlines (47 foreign including 12 representing the CIS States and 28 Russian) connecting over 234 destinations operate flights all over the world. The unique route network covered by Domodedovo partner airlines provides for 95 exclusive destinations. In 2009 18,7 million passengers benefited from Domodedovo services. DomodedovoAirport has been chosen for operations to Moscow by member airlines of two world aviation alliances: Star Alliance and oneworld.