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Prospects Moscow is planning to become a key transit link for EU-China trade
Europe’s new bridge to Asia?
An international air hub is taking ready to discuss the technology
shape in Moscow, which has the and terms of the gradual with-
potential to unite trade flows drawal of the fees, but it is un-
throughout Russia and become likely to do so before the end of
an important transit link in EU- the crisis.
China trade. However, Russia’s
notorious flyover fees and Three rivals
rivalry between major airports Moscow’s hopes of becoming a
are factors which may effect the key global air hub are also, par-
nature and pace of development. adoxically, held back by the ex-
istence of its three internation-
IRINA SUKHOVA, VIKTOR KUZMIN
al airports – Domodedovo,
RUSSIA NOW Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo –
which are located far away from
Moscow’s airports are not what each other and have different
they used to be. Their design,
service and logistic systems
have undergone a radical trans- ‘By mid-February,
formation. With the infrastruc-
the new terminal will
ture updated, preparations
service all of Aero-
have begun for the next stage,
which will eventually see Mos-
flot’s domestic and
cow’s aviation hub entering the international flights’
global competitive market.
The impressive growth rate of
the Chinese economy, despite owners. Domodedovo, Russia’s
the crisis, combined with grow- largest airport by passenger
ing domestic demand, promises volume (more than 20 million in
future expansion of the transit 2008), is owned by the private
fl ow between Europe and Asia. company East Line; Shereme- NIKOLAY KOROLEV
In 2006, flights to China ac- tyevo (14 million) is state- Sheremetyevo Airport’s Terminal D – which will have the capacity to handle 12 million passengers – was unveiled on November 15, 2009
counted for as much as one fi fth owned – except for Terminal D
of Europe’s total air traffic. Ac- (see below), which is owned by
cording to Airbus’ Global Mar- a consortium with Aerofl ot at sia’s Transaero – defecting to northern section of the airport,
ket Forecast (China) for 2007- the head; Vnukovo (eight mil- Domodedovo.“Our shif t to Do- Big future for a northern hub which is spacious enough to ac-
2008, a fi ve-fold increase in pas- lion) belongs to private inves- modedovo six years ago ena- commodate a third runway (the
senger traffic and a six-fold rise tors and the Moscow city gov- bled us to introduce electronic In October the government of St 2025. In addition to the termi- southern and northern sections
in freight transport over the ernment. All three have to com- ticketing ahead of other players Petersburg agreed to develop nal, Pulkovo will have a tran- will be linked via an under-
next two decades is expected. pete for carriers and cash. in the sector,” explained Galina Pulkovo Airport as a conces- sit hotel, business centre, of- ground automated transporta-
“This is a juicy fruit, and Mos- Over the past few years, the Karzova, head of British Air- sion. Built in the early 1970s, fice buildings and parking. St tion system), a new technical
cow is in a condition to fi ght for three airports have launched ways for Russia and Ukraine. Pulkovo will become one of the Petersburg has earmarked base and a multimodal freight
it,” one company head said. large-scale construction Germany’s Lufthansa also most advanced transit hubs in 41,400 sq m for the entire Pulk- complex. According to Scott
The problem, however, is that projects, changing them beyond opted for Domodedovo last Europe. The terminal and fleet ovo project. The principal run- Wilson’s forecasts, Shereme-
foreign companies currently recognition. Domodedovo year. Domodedovo has been up- will be restructured by an inter- way will also be refurbished, tyevo’s total capacity by 2030
have to pay extra fees for the transformed from a backward graded recently, adding a mul- national consortium, The Aerial costing about 3.5m roubles. It will rise to 64 million passen-
right to fl y over Russia, on top airport to Moscow’s most mod- timodal transport hub with the Gates to the Northern Capital, should be ready by the end of gers and more than one million
of the usual air navigation fees; ern facility, luring clients from focus on transfer passengers whose controlling stockholder this year. tons of freight.
consequently, many of them its rivals, including S7 Airlines and freight traffic between Eu- is Russia’s Vneshtorgbank. Meanwhile, an agreement has
fi nd ways to bypass Russia al- (formerly Sibir). S7, Russia’s rope and Asia. The general plan is for a new been reached with the Lenin- Facing the future
together. second largest carrier, left Vnu- international passenger termi- grad region regarding the con- With the launch of Terminal D,
To create an effective transit kovo for Domodedovo, becom- Hi-tech for Sheremetyevo nal, which would be able initial- struction of a third runway. Sheremetyevo becomes an in-
link between Europe and Asia, ing its main domestic customer. Sheremetyevo is fi ghting back ly to process some 7.4 million ternational hub for the Sky-
Russia will have to revise its Sheremetyevo was not spared, hard. A new state-of-the-art passengers a year and 22m by Elena Myagkova Team alliance, which Aerofl ot
policy on fl yover fees. Before the either, with three large custom- Terminal D has just opened its joined in 2005. As for the two
crisis, as part of preparation for ers – British Airways, Swiss In- doors and soon the new termi- other Moscow airports, their
WTO entry, Moscow was at least ternational Air Lines, and Rus- nal will service all of Aerofl ot’s fate is still unclear.
domestic and international for each item of baggage. It is 2007, Terminal C came into op- Domodedovo currently has two
fl ights, as well as the fl ights of based on a fi ve-stage scanning eration, located next to the global customers: Star Alliance,
its SkyTeam partners. process that allows for 100pc of Sheremetyevo-1 terminal for led by Lufthansa, and One
In an attempt to avoid the prob- outgoing baggage to be proc- domestic fl ights. In addition to World with British Airways in
lems that London’s Heathrow essed. the just-opened Terminal D, the lead. Unlike SkyTeam, Star
airport experienced on the Air industry communications Terminal E is in the fi nal stages Alliance and One World don’t
opening of its Terminal 5, when business SITA was hired to pro- of construction. In December, have Russian airlines among
nearly 30,000 items of baggage vide air transport communica- the company also plans to com- their members. It is on Russian
were lost, Sheremetyevo’s man- tion and IT solutions within plete the refurbishment of its airlines joining these alliances
agement began testing baggage Terminal D. old international terminal, that the future of Shereme-
scanning equipment in Termi- “Over the course of a year, SITA Sheremetyevo-2. Together with tyevo’s rivals depend.
nal D as early as May. has been working on one of its Terminal E, all of Shereme- S7, which is the leading domes-
At the end of the testing period, largest projects in Eastern Eu- tyevo’s international terminals tic carrier, has announced talks
a special exercise was held in rope at Sheremetyevo,” said the will be under the same roof. The with One World. If the talks are
which 600 people played the company’s regional vice-presi- united complex will be able to successful, the alliance will set-
role of passengers with 5,000 dent Ilya Gutlin. serve up to 25 million passen- tle at Domodedovo, while
pieces of baggage to be proc- “We can confidently say that gers a year. Lufthansa will have to fi nd an-
essed. A new automatic bag- SITA’s hi-tech approach to se- The master plan up to 2030, other Russian partner with a
gage processing system – unlike curity within Terminal D al- which Sheremetyevo has devel- developed route network.
any other in the world – has lows us to guarantee a new oped together with British de- Rossiya Airlines, based in St
NIKOLAY KOROLEV been installed that uses a sys- standard of passenger service.” sign and engineering group Petersburg, and UTair are seen
Sheremetyevo's Terminal D will serve as SkyTeam's hub in Moscow tem of radio tracking devices The airport is improving fast. In Scott Wilson, focuses on the as the most likely candidates
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