U.S., Jan. 20 -- Aeroflot today began phasing in operation of international flights from the new Terminal C at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport. The first departures and arrivals from the terminal will be to/from Helsinki, Dresden, and Bucharest.

By mid-June Aeroflot plans to have completed the bulk of the migration to Terminal C. From October, Aeroflot expects to operate 268 international flights from the new terminal. A joint Aeroflot-Sheremetyevo working group was formed to manage the transition and establish a timeline and testing program.

Terminal C, which occupies more than 127,300 square meters at Sheremetyevo's Northern Terminal Complex, is integrated with Terminal B, to which Aeroflot previously shifted domestic flig...