is an
Airline based in
Moscow ,
Russia . It operates scheduled flights within Russia and the
CIS , with a focus on flights to the
Russian Far East . The airline also operates scheduled and
Ad-hoc charter flights to
China ,
Europe ,
Thailand ,
Maldives ,
Malaysia and
Singapore . It is based at Moscow's
Domodedovo International Airport .
Domodedovo United Air Detachment (, was established in March 1964 , when Flight Units 206, 211 and 202 were transferred to
Domodedovo Airport from
Vnukovo Airport . The division was set up to operate long-haul services within the
USSR , particularly to the
Russian Far East and the
Central Asian Republics . All flights of the airline were operated as part of
Aeroflot services.
On
25 March 1964 the airline operated its first revenue service with a
Tupolev Tu-114 on a flight from Domodedovo Airport to
Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East. In 1978 , with an
Ilyushin Il-62 , the airline started non-stop operations on the longest domestic service in the world, Moscow to
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky , a distance of some 6,800km. In 1979 the airline was renamed to Domodedovo Civil Aviation Production Association (Domodedovo CAPA) (
Russian : ''Домодедовское производственное объединение гражданской авиации (ДПО ГА)'').
Domodedovo CAPA was officially separated from Aeroflot on and airline were separated, the entity which is today known as Domodedovo Airlines was established as Domodedovo Airlines,
JSC .
It was partially privatised in 2001 , with the ministry of property retaining a controlling stake
1. In October
2004 KrasAir and Domodedovo set up a joint management company called Air Bridge. While retaining separate legal identities the airlines are planning to integrate their networks and services, which are largely complementary. The alliance was renamed
AiRUnion in 2005 . Domodedovo Airlines is owned by State holding (50.4%) and ATON (49.6%) and has 1,489 employees (at March
2007 ).
See Also: Domodedvo Airlines destinations
Domodedovo airlines operates all its flights out of
Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow.
The Domodedovo Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007):
In addition to the fleet listed above, Domodedovo Airlines also utilises many aircraft from the
KrasAir fleet for its scheduled services, which include
Boeing 737 ,
Tupolev Tu-204 ,
Tupolev Tu-214 and
Boeing 767-200 .
