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| Executive Travel: Aviation |
Private Aviation
Michelle Seaton
12/01/2005
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Bykovo
+7.095.554.8075
This is Moscow’s smallest airport, with the
shortest runway, and it generally handles only domestic travel. There are some
VIP services (+7.095.558.4040). Other aircraft services are provided by RusAero
(+7.095.755.5600).
After you have chosen your port of entry, you will have to
contact a ground handler. Currently, no Moscow airport has a Western-style FBO,
but this situation will likely change soon. Jet Aviation, an international
aviation services company based in Switzerland, recently announced that it will
open an FBO at one of Moscow’s airports in the next two years. Both foreign
travelers and the growing population of Russian private jet owners are looking
forward to the day when they will be able to receive jet management services,
maintenance and even complete outfitting in Moscow instead of housing their
aircraft in Switzerland, as many of them do now.
Ground Handlers
The best way to smooth your trip is to
contact one of the city’s best ground
handlers, which are adept at providing every kind of service for business
travelers. |
In the meantime, the best way to smooth your trip is to
contact one of the city’s best ground handlers, which are adept at providing
every kind of service for business travelers. They can handle everything from
securing overflight permissions, arranging a flight plan, providing weather
updates and securing visas, to finding upscale ground transportation, making
hotel reservations and ordering food for your galley. Every service has a fee,
but the costs tend to be reasonable. Be aware, however, that no two handling
companies are alike. Some have more experience with affluent business travelers
and their needs, while others are less motivated to provide the high level of
service business travelers may expect.
The two handling companies with the
best reputations in Russia are Streamline Ops and Far East Russian Air Services,
or FERAS. Most Fortune 500 companies use the latter, which has experience
serving the jets that carry the White House press corps during presidential
visits to Russia. FERAS (+7.095.436.6677, www.feras-cis.com) has operations in more
than a dozen Russian airports and is a good contact for anyone planning to
travel to smaller airports around the country.
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