OREANDA-NEWS. The 4th Ground Handling International Conference, the most important industry event in Russia and the CIS, began its work. There Domodedovo experts will present their unique technologies of apron handling services management.

Today, the Ground Handling International Conference is the only discussion platform in Russia and the CIS which gives industry professionals a chance to get acquainted with global trends, cutting-edge technologies and solutions in full. The participants get access to relevant information and the latest know-how in the field of ground handling, and discuss the prospects of development with leading experts.

During the two days of the conference, the participants will discuss the prospects of airports ground infrastructure modernization in Russia and the CIS as well as individual technological solutions in the field of handling.

Representatives of Moscow Domodedovo Airport are actively involved in the debating events, presenting their own experience of using ground handling technologies, unique for Russia. The air harbor has an impressive anti-icing vehicle fleet. All equipment meets the best international standards and equipped with modern control systems, which greatly increase the efficiency of work and are unique for our country.

Domodedovo technical system allows applying anti-icing fluid on aircraft with their engines running. The areas for such works are built on both sides of the runway, which gives an advantage in terms of the anti-icing fluid HOT (holdover time). Domodedovo, Russia's only airport serving the Airbus 380 on a regular basis, uses cutting-edge technologies to protect the world's largest passenger aircraft against icing. For this purpose 6 units of equipment are used at the same time.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport specialists are among the leading industry experts directly involved in the development of handling in Russia. The organizers expect that representatives of more than 70 core companies and enterprises will become participants of the 4th Ground Handling International Conference.

Moscow Domodedovo Airport - is the largest one of Russia, in 2012 the airport served 28,2 million people. It joins the category of the largest airports in Europe on the classification of the Airports Council International (ACI) and on results of 2012 became one of three European airports with the highest dynamic development. Since 2009 it is ranked as the best airport in Eastern Europe by Skytrax. Domodedovo is chosen for flights by member airlines of two largest global airline alliances - Star Alliance and oneworld.