AÉROPORT SHEREMETYEVO
Read moreThe Moscow International Airport (АЭРОПОРТ ШЕРЕМЕТЬЕВО) is located 30 km northwest of the city. Built for the 1980 Olympic Games, it now bears the name of Alexander Pushkin and is served in particular by Aéroflot at Airfrance. When you leave the plane, you will have to fill in a form indicating your place of residence in Moscow. Customs are meticulous and the various checkpoints are so disorganized that unlikely human traffic jams often occur. The Aeroexspress takes you to the Belarusskaya metro station.
AUSTRIAN AIRLINES
Read moreDomodedovo International Airport is Moscow's oldest airport, located in the Domodedovo raion, 42 km south-southeast of the city center. It was renovated and modernized in 2003 and 2004 to accommodate new wide-body aircraft. It is Russia's second-largest airport in terms of passengers and freight, after Sheremetyevo International Airport. In 2008, it welcomed 20,430,000 passengers. To get to the airport from central Moscow, you can take the Aeroexpress express train, which connects the terminal to Paveliets station in 40 minutes. The airport has two parallel concrete runways and is managed by the East Line Group. Expansion work is planned to double the terminal's surface area. Domodedovo airport was the scene of a terrorist attack in 2011.