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13 июня 2017 12:53

Lucky Air Becomes the First Chinese Air Carrier at DME

June 13, 2017, Domodedovo, Moscow Region. Moscow's Moscow Domodedovo Airport handled the first flight by Lucky Air. Lucky Air has launched Kunming - Moscow (Domodedovo) - Kunming flights.

Lucky Air is the first Chinese air carrier at Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Flights are scheduled twice weekly - on Mondays and Fridays. Between July 5 and late September, the three flights weekly will be operated. By tradition, the new partner's first flight was met at Moscow Domodedovo Airport by a water salute.

«We are happy to welcome our new partner airline - Lucky Air - at Moscow Domodedovo Airport. Currently, China is one of the most promising passenger air travel destinations. This is especially true in the context of the strategic partnership between Russia and China. Chinese tourists form a significant share of inbound tourists in Russia, and we, for our part, will offer them a comfortable environment at the airport,» said Mr. Alexey Rayevsky, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.

On the Kunming - Moscow (Domodedovo) - Kunming route the wide-body Airbus A330-300 will fly, helping passengers to conveniently cover the distance of thousands of between Moscow and the largest city of Yunnan Province.

With the arrival of Lucky Air, the number of airlines flying from Moscow Domodedovo Airport to Asia grew to ten. Currently, DME's route network includes 22 destinations in Asia. Last year, the combined passenger traffic to DME's destinations in Asia exceeded 795,000, which is 16.4% more than in 2015.

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Moscow Domodedovo Airport is one of the largest Russian air hubs ranked in Russia's Air Gateway rating as the best airport in Russia. In 2016, the airport served 28.5 million passengers. The route network includes 72 destinations. Members of the world's leading airline alliances - Star Alliance and oneworld - have chosen Moscow Domodedovo Airport for their flights to and from Moscow. Moscow Domodedovo Airport is Russia's only airport regularly handling flights operated by Airbus A380, Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

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