Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
Also would add a few more OW connections to Asia, plus the 'stans and caucasus region (useful with BMed going). Is there a list of which Russian airports are in Asia?
The major S7 hubs seem to be Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Perm and Moscow. What makes the airline especially interesting are fairly extensive connections to Central Asia and the Caucasus apart from the various Siberian destinations.
In Asia, S7 flies to several Chinese cities including Beijing, Seoul and Bangkok. Europe has routes to Germany and some Balkan holiday destinations.
All in all, this could be a very big thing for OW and hurt LH, OS, OZ and KE quite a lot.