MOSCOW DOMODEDOVO AIRPORT'S PASSENGER TRAFFIC TO DOUBLE BY 2015.

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MOSCOW, Feb 28 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - EAST LINE Group -- Moscow Domodedovo Airport, operated by EAST LINE Group, expects its passenger traffic to more than double by 2015, with the forecast based on the positive dynamics of growth since 2001.

In 2001, passenger throughput of the airport amounted only to 3,859,402 people. However, active investment campaign along with marketing strategy aimed at attracting new airlines and widening route network brought their solid results. In 2002, passenger traffic grew to 6,661,721 passengers (a 72.6 per cent increase over 2001), in 2003 -- 9,364,162 passengers (40.6 per cent growth against 2002), 2004 -- 12,066,793 (a 28.9 per cent increase comparing with 2003).

In 2005, overall passenger traffic of the airport reached 13,960,000 passengers, a 15.7 per cent increase over 2004. Domodedovo became the leader in the Moscow aviation hub in terms of passenger throughput. Statistics for the period of 1991 through 2005 (passengers flown from airport) show that in the late 1990s EAST LINE Group broke a dramatic negative trend and the outgoing passenger traffic started to rise. According to the forecast unveiled by EAST LINE Group, in 2006 passenger traffic will reach 16,200,000 (16.1 per cent year-on-year increase), in 2010 -- it will amount to over 22,000,000 passengers and in 2015 -- to about 30,000,000.

EAST LINE Group's experts believe the trend of rapid expansion to strengthen in the future due to extension of the Domodedovo passenger terminal and, correspondingly, its passenger ...