OREANDA-NEWS. Moscow Domodedovo Airport is starting to build the second segment of the airport complex, which will increase the capacity of the passenger terminal and enhance the service level.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport is an undisputed leader among the largest airports in Europe showing the highest rate of passenger traffic growth. It totalled to 12.8% in June 2014 according to the report of the Airports Council International Europe (ACI Europe). Annual positive trend in traffic results from developing the route network of the airport partners, attracting new airlines, introducing advanced technologies and service improvement. It is clear that the passenger traffic growth and the airport development are interdependent processes and occur in parallel.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport has concluded a contract for construction of the second segment of the passenger terminal; its deadline is December 2016. Upon completion of the works

the airport complex area will be broadened nearly double by 235,000 square meters and, taking into account the ongoing project aimed at expanding the first segment of the passenger terminal, will make up to 500,000 square meters.

The project for expanding the passenger terminal area of Moscow Domodedovo Airport is being implemented taking into account the existing architectural concept of the terminal, which is designed on the principle UNDER ONE ROOF: a single terminal allows to make the best use of transfer opportunities of the airport complex. New terminal facilities will be put into operation in the eastern part of the passenger terminal.

This project opens up new service opportunities for guests of the air hub. The new segment of the Moscow Domodedovo Airport passenger terminal will include about 100 check-in counters and more than 40 self-service check-in kiosks. It is also planned to furnish the facility with additional aircraft parking stands meant for boarding bridges, including for passenger superliners such as Airbus 380.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport passenger terminal is the largest facility in Russia made with glass on polygonal (many-sided) structure: the facade of the building is an expressive aesthetic solution followed in the new segment of the terminal. The architectural look of the passenger terminal, familiar to millions of travelers around the world, takes on new features. One of such specific features will be an atrium in the controlled area: a round part of the gallery with a glass dome with business lounges, different cafйs, bars, restaurants and duty-free shops along the perimeter.

Engineering systems of the new segment of the Moscow Domodedovo Airport passenger terminal were designed in line with global trends. Advanced technologies and state-of-the-art

IT-solutions will ensure regular functioning of the most important elements of technological process at the air hub. The project provides for creation of a fully automated control units for utility infrastructure management.

A new segment of the airport complex is designed to serve international passengers: developed architectural and planning solutions, taking into account the two-level technology principle, are in line with the current concept of Moscow Domodedovo Airport terminal operations. This approach allows to avoid confluence of passenger flows, arriving and departing travelers: entrances are located at different levels of the terminal building, which is also taken into account in the road infrastructure development project being a part of increasing the terminal capacity.

Currently, Moscow Domodedovo Airport is the largest air hub in Russia and Eastern Europe in terms of passenger traffic which is proactive in implementing a number of major projects aimed at modernization and expansion of the airport complex, introduction of new engineering solutions, and is also a member of the federal targeted investment program, under which the airfield infrastructure is being updated. All this contributes to creating the best conditions for increasing citizens' mobility of our country and finding new trends in the aviation industry development.