The International airport "Kharkiv" started the cooperation with the largest airline of CIS, the "Aeroflot" company. From June 1, 2012 it will begin to carry out the daily flights on the route "Kharkiv - Moscow (Sheremetyevo)". The flight will be carried out on the aircrafts of “Sukhoi Superjet 100”, “Airbus A319”, “Airbus A320” types. The flight duration will be about 1.5 hours with the departure from Kharkiv at 06:40 (arrival in Sheremetyevo at 08:10) and the departure from Moscow at 20:45 (arrival in Kharkiv at 22:20). The cost of a ticket in both directions will be about $220 with all the necessary fees.
"Of course another direct flight to the Russian capital will give our passengers the possibility to better plan their trips. But the main value of this event is not only in this. The cooperation with the company "Aeroflot" opens to Kharkiv residents the access to the entire route network of the Russian air carrier. This is their own regular passenger flights to 115 points in 52 countries", - emphasizes Vladimir Vasilchenko, the General Director of the "New Systems AM" company (the operating company of the International airport "Kharkiv", a part of the DCH group of Aleksander Yaroslavskiy).
According to his words now the passengers traveling with the company "Aeroflot" en route through Moscow can pass the passport and the customs control at the International Airport "Kharkiv", check in their luggage and not to repeat the passage of all these procedures in Russian "Sheremetyevo". "They will need just to go through the terminal to another plane without being distracted again by the procedure of the customs and passport control. And they will receive their luggage at the airport of the final destination. It is very convenient", - sais Mr. Vasilchenko.
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The company "Aeroflot» (http://www.aeroflot.ru) is the undisputed leader of the Russian civil aviation. Founded by the government decision on February 9, 1923, it is one of the oldest airlines in the world and one of the most recognizable Russian brands. It is based at the airport "Sheremetyevo". In the summer schedule in 2012 it has their own regular passenger flights to 115 points of 52 countries (in Russia - 33 points). In Russia the airline has five branches: in St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok, Sochi and Krasnoyarsk. In 2011 the airline carried out more than 14.17 million passengers, with an increase of 25.6% in comparison with the previous year. The “Aeroflot” passenger traffic has exceeded RMB 42 billion (an increase of 20.8%). The passenger load percent increased to 77.5% (+0.4 pp). The company has the largest in Eastern Europe Mission Control Center. The company's air fleet is one of the most modern, young and fast growing in Europe. Aeroflot has the balance of 121 airliners, most of which are the flights of A320, A330, B767 and SukhoiSuperJet-100 types.
The International airport "Kharkiv” (http://hrk.aero/) is one of the key objects of the capital of Slobozhanshchina that are currently under reconstruction within the preparation for the finals of European Football Championship in 2012. The large-scale project started on April 1, 2008, when the company "New Systems AM" (a DCH group, the owner is a well-known Ukrainian businessman, the general investor and coordinator of the Kharkiv's preparations for Euro 2012, the president of FC "Metalist", Aleksander Yaroslavskiy) won the competition for the long-term rent of the integral property complex of Kharkiv airport.
The reconstruction of the International airport "Kharkiv" is being held in the format of the private-state partnership. The total investment in the project by Aleksander Yaroslavskiy is $ 107.2 million (the airport complex and the surrounding area). The amount of funding allocated from the State budget for the reconstruction of the airport complex (including the construction of the airfield control tower) is $ 191.3 million.
