Flight of Hope for sick children
Transaero's fleet will soon see the appearance of an unusual aircraft: a Boeing 747 covered with multicolored handprints. For this is the plane that will carry out the flights of hope, on board which passengers will be able to make donations to help children with diseases of the heart, brain, and spine. The meaning behind the palm prints is simple — passengers are holding out a helping hand to children in need. The first to lend a hand, quite literally, was Transaero CEO Olga Pleshakova. It happened at the presentation of the project at the Garage Art Center in Moscow. Her example was followed by some renowned Russian actors and writers. The first Flight of Hope is scheduled for mid-November, since the fuselage still needs to be decorated.
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Sheremetyevo International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Sheremetyevo International Airport
00:01:41 1 History
00:01:50 1.1 Early years
00:04:09 1.2 Development since the 2000s
00:07:38 2 Terminals and infrastructure
00:08:11 2.1 North terminals
00:08:19 2.1.1 Terminal A
00:08:43 2.1.2 Terminal B
00:10:16 2.1.3 Terminal C
00:11:26 2.2 South terminals
00:11:35 2.2.1 Terminal D
00:14:13 2.2.2 Terminal E
00:15:18 2.2.3 Terminal F
00:16:18 3 Airlines and destinations
00:16:28 3.1 Passenger
00:16:37 3.2 Cargo
00:16:45 4 Statistics
00:16:54 4.1 Annual traffic
00:17:03 5 Ground transportation
00:17:12 5.1 Rail
00:18:24 5.1.1 Interterminal underground passage
00:19:22 5.2 Bus
00:20:19 5.3 Road
00:20:56 6 Accidents and incidents
00:22:22 7 In popular culture
00:23:55 8 See also
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Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russian: Международный аэропорт Шереметьево, IPA: [ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə]) (IATA: SVO, ICAO: UUEE) is an international airport located in Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 29 km (18 mi) northwest of central Moscow. Though the airport mainly serves the federal city of Moscow, it is not within the jurisdiction thereof. It is a hub for passenger operations of the Russian international airline Aeroflot, and is one of the three major airports that serve Moscow, along with Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Vnukovo International Airport (the IATA city code for Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo is MOW). The airport serves a number of international airlines, including Air France, KLM, Korean Air, Hainan Airlines, Alitalia, Air China and Flydubai.
In 2017, the airport handled 40,093,000 passengers and 308,090 aircraft movements, making the airport the 50th busiest airport in the world, the busiest in the Russian Federation and former USSR. During the first half of 2018, the Airport reported a 13% increase in passengers for a total of 20.5 million. There was also a 14.3% increase in aircraft traffic year over year.In the first half of 2018, the Airport reported €194.9 million, a 6% increase year over year. Profit increased 7.4% year over year. These increases are attributed in part to increased air traffic due to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.