Domodedovo International Airport

Domodedovo Airport was formally established south of Moscow by ministerial order on 7 April 1962, following construction that had been surveyed since the late 1940s; postal and cargo flights began by year's end.

Scheduled passenger service launched in March 1964 using a Tupolev Tu-104, with the airport opening more broadly to the public over the following year.

Domodedovo was chosen for the inaugural scheduled flight of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner, to Alma-Ata, an early milestone in Soviet supersonic aviation.

On 24 August 2004, two Chechen suicide bombers boarded separate flights departing Domodedovo (Sibir Airlines and Volga-Aviaexpress) and detonated explosives after takeoff, killing 90 people in total.

Domodedovo became the first airport in Russia approved to handle Airbus A380 operations, reflecting a decade of major terminal and runway investment.

On 24 January 2011, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the international arrivals hall, killing at least 37 people and injuring well over 100, prompting the introduction of mandatory pre-terminal security screening across Russian airports.

A large-scale expansion tied partly to preparations around the 2018 FIFA World Cup increased total terminal floor space to roughly 500,000 square metres, up from about 135,000 square metres in 2009.

A Russian arbitration court ruled in mid-2025 to transfer ownership from longtime private owners Dmitry Kamenshchik and Valery Kogan to the state, citing their foreign residency status; the airport was auctioned in January 2026 to a company (Perspektiva) linked to rival Sheremetyevo Airport for 66.1 billion rubles, and the former owners' final appeal was rejected by Russia's Supreme Court in March 2026.