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Vnukovo Lays Claim to ‘Busiest Bizav Airport in Europe’ Title
Expanding helicopter operations is the next logical step
Vnukovo co-owner Vitaly Vantsev, left, and Vnukovo-3 general director Georgy Sharov walk the ramp in front of Sukhoi's VIP Superjet during JetExpo'2014.
Vnukovo co-owner Vitaly Vantsev, left, and Vnukovo-3 general director Georgy Sharov walk the ramp in front of Sukhoi's VIP Superjet during JetExpo'2014.

Moscow's Vnukovo Airport still lays claim to being not only the busiest business aviation hub in Russia, but one of the busiest in Europe. According to the airport administration’s statistics made public as it was hosting the Jet Expo show, the airport’s Vnukovo-3 business aviation terminal served 19,437 business jet flights (with 133,000 travelers aboard them) last year. That is nearly the same figure as in the pre-crisis year of 2007 (19,491 flight pairs; 103,000 passengers), when the Russian economy and air travel flourished. The numbers amount to five times the traffic level 10 years ago, when Vnukovo-3 had just begun operations.