Originally Posted by
Scrooge McDuck
There was also some article some time ago (sorry couldn't find the link anymore) that there was some kind of battle going on between the owners of Domodedovo airport and the Russian Government about DME airport. It seem that some people were quite unhappy about the success of DME - in contrast to SVO.
Oh no, they were quite happy with the success of DME - just wanted their piece of the action, too
As to AirUnion - it was a joke really. I can't fathom how *A could even entertain the idea of taking them in before, say, 2050. Hey, even MS looks like a first-rate carrier in comparison.
The new entity transferred all of their flights to VKO yesterday. They'll continue to operate under their respective licenses until October 1 when all of their routes, planes and staff will be folded into Atlant Soyuz - an even sadder joke of an airline if there ever was one.
Expect DME to become much less crowded ^
Expect fares in and to the Russian Far East to become much higher as the new carrier will have a monopoly
Expect *A to keep on lacking a meaningful partner in Russia for quite some time.
(Let's face it, there's only one decent full-service carrier in Russia and it's already taken)