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Unable to compete effectively with their European counterparts for top-end business travelers due to the heavy tax on imported business jets, Russian busin

By Vladimir Karnozov

October 12, 2007

Unable to compete effectively with their European counterparts for top-end business travelers due to the heavy tax on imported business jets, Russian business aviation companies instead are focusing on FBO services. Well appointed business aviation terminals have been constructed at the following airports: Sheremetievo (Avcom and LukOil facilities), Vnukovo (RKK Energia and Vnukovo-3), Myachkovo (Gazpromavia) and, more recently, Domodedovo.

Russia’s first business aviation center, meaning a full-service FBO complete with terminal and hangar facilities, served its first VIP charter flight on March 15. Built and operated by the country’s largest business aviation company, Avcom, it is located one mile from the main passenger terminal at Domodedovo, the country’s fastest-growing airport. Rebuilt and renovated by privately held East Line Group, the airport served 6.7 million passengers last year, a 74-percent increase over 2001.

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