About 2,000 passengers stuck in Domodedovo airport.

MOSCOW, August 8 (Itar-Tass) -- About 2,000 passengers are stuck at
the Domodedovo airport in Moscow, an Itar-Tass correspondent reports after
having waited for his flight to departure for several hours.
Most flights, which were due to departure on Saturday, are delayed
like those scheduled to leave the first hours following midnight on
Sunday. The airport representatives claim the poor visibility is the
reason.
Passengers, leaving for Sharm El-Sheikh, Hurghada, Rimini, Bishkek,
Tivat, Podgorica, Kerkyra, Hujand, Alma-Ata, Astana and many other
destinations, have to wait for boarding. They passed the passport control
and have entered the so-called clear zone, from where the boarding should
be done. However, they have been waiting for over five hours, but the air
companies would not offer either beverages or food or accommodation to
them.
Besides, there are no free seats left in the airport lounges.
Thousands of people, some of them with children, have to sit and sleep on
the floor.
A Moscow - Sharm el-Sheikh flight /operated by Transaero/ was
scheduled to departure at 17:25 Moscow time, but the passengers still wait
for boarding. The air company only once gave 300-roubles food vouchers to
the passengers at 22:00, and has not offered water or more food or any
accommodation since then.
On Saturday morning, the heavy smog in Moscow affected the work of the
airport. At 14:30, when the visibility was reported to make 1.3
kilometres, the airport announced it resumed normal work. Domodedovo's
representative Elena Galanova said then that "all departures and arrivals
are made without delays."
According to Rosaviatsia agency, from Saturday morning, 14 arriving
flights were delayed and 29 departing one /six of them landed at the
Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow/.
During the day of Saturday, the crews had to make decisions on landing
or departure themselves depending on weather conditions. Over ten flights
had to land at different alternative airports.