Aeroflot News & Updates
Jan 28, 2010, 10:57 pm
#32
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Russian airline travel down 9% for 2009... Aeroflot down as well but beats the national spread at only a 5% decline :
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... makes sense considering the state of national and global economy... also add in the recent improvements to the rail industry and I'd say Aeroflot's #'s are only slightly below expectations.
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... makes sense considering the state of national and global economy... also add in the recent improvements to the rail industry and I'd say Aeroflot's #'s are only slightly below expectations.
Jan 29, 2010, 5:21 am
#33
Join Date: May 2003
Location: ATL/MOO (Many Others Often)
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Jan 29, 2010, 6:36 am
#34
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LHR/SEA/YVR
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Jan 31, 2010, 1:19 am
#35
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Helsinki
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Aeroflot costs
The main issue is that provided flight time from Moscow to LAX is around 13 hours, no one is really put off by a possible layover for a couple of hours on this route. Thus SU cannot charge premium for a direct flight (as it is not perceived as an advantage) and has to keep their prices really low to compete with the EU and US carriers. At the same time SU costs are significantly higher than competitors' hence the loss.
They have been coming up with the cheapest tickets on most of my routes, most of the time for about two years (I'm based in MOW.) I've put it down to cost leadership without checking it up.
The SU product is nothing exciting, but easily beats discount carriers while often matching their price. The bonus program is rather generous, with good availability of seats, and amazingly cheap and flexible business class bonus tickets. As an added benefit it is possible to cancel all russian-origin flights of any class for only 15€ fee!
Feb 3, 2010, 1:04 am
#36
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Our Nation's Capital
Posts: 357
PEE (Perm) - the city tragically known lately for 9/14/2008 Aeroflot-Nord crash (all 88 people on board dead) and 12/5/2009 Lame Horse nightclub fire inferno (154 victims and still counting).
Feb 3, 2010, 9:20 am
#37
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Ah, Perm. The city with the funniest IATA code in all of Russia. It is so sad about the crash and nightclub fire. Each city of that size seems to have its tragedies for sure. I've got good friends in Perm who I've never visited. Someday...
Feb 6, 2010, 9:55 am
#39
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: MOW
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Feb 10, 2010, 11:36 am
#41
Join Date: May 2003
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Feb 10, 2010, 1:48 pm
#42
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Moscow
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Feb 10, 2010, 3:55 pm
#43
Join Date: May 2003
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Another SU Gold Member in the post above me (and thank you for the link). It might be time for a SU Bonus Silver/Gold/Prime roll call in a thread all its own.
Feb 11, 2010, 7:25 am
#44
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Moscow - Hong Kong is going to get a face lift via Cathay Airlines.
http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/cath...ss/p100210.htm
http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/cath...ss/p100210.htm
Feb 11, 2010, 7:43 am
#45
Join Date: May 2003
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Moscow - Hong Kong is going to get a face lift via Cathay Airlines.
http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/cath...ss/p100210.htm
http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/cath...ss/p100210.htm
Now if we can just get one of them to stop at OVB from SE Asia!