Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport pax down 1.1% in 8 months ended Aug-2015

Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport reported (21-Sep-2015) the following traffic highlights in the eight months ended Aug-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 21.1 million, -1.1% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 9.1 million, +4.1%, +4.1%;
  • International: 12.0 million;
• Aircraft movements: 175,860, +3%;

Traffic highlights in Aug-2015:

• Passenger numbers: 3.4 million, -2.7% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 1.4 million, +1.2%;
  • International: 2 million, -5.4%;
• Aircraft movements: 24,648, +3.5%.

The most popular domestic destinations during the eight month period were Saint Petersburg, Simferopol, Sochi, Krasnodar and Yekaterinburg. Antalya, Paris, Beijing, Prague and Amsterdam were the most popular international destinations. [more - original PR - Russian]