Domodedovo International Airport and Swiss International Air Lines Celebrate the Fifth Anniversary of Their Partnership05.12.2006Five years ago, Swiss International Air Lines began its services from Domodedovo International Airport. Since 2001, the possibilities of one of the largest European air carriers have been enhanced by the potential of the most modern and comfortable Russian airport.
The airline performs regular daily flights to Geneva and Zurich operating Airbus-320 aircraft. Over the past five years, Swiss International Air Lines completed over a thousand flights from Domodedovo International Airport and serviced almost a million passengers.
In 2002, Swiss International Air Lines opened its own business lounge at Domodedovo airport to better serve its business class passengers. Additionally, in 2003, Swiss was the first foreign airline to offer its passengers check-in service at the Paveletsky terminal.
The two dynamically growing companies constantly work together to optimize passenger service technologies. The successful experience of the past years leaves no doubt that the cooperation between Swiss International Air Lines and Domodedovo International Airport has great future and most favorable prospects in store.
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SWISS (consisting of two subdivisions - Swiss International Air Lines and Swiss European Airlines) was established on March 31, 2002 as a result of the Swissair and Crossair merger. In March of 2005, SWISS joined Lufthansa Group and initiated activities to join the Star Alliance (and became its full member in April of 2006).
In 2005, the airline serviced more than 9.5 million passengers on more than 69 routes originating from Geneva, Zurich, and Basel, and transported them to all regions of the world. The airline operates the following Airbus family aircraft: A-340 (9 aircraft), А-330 (9 aircraft), А-321 (4 aircraft), А-320 (14 aircraft), and А-319 (7 aircraft). In addition, SWISS operates 20 aircraft of the Avro RJ100 series and 4 aircraft of the Avro RJ85 series.
In September 2006, the airline won the World Travel Awards contest in three nominations: the best European airline, the best business class in Europe, and the best coach class in the world.
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