Grrrr Moscow
Oct 18, 2008, 12:55 pm
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Grrrr Moscow
The good news is that the Aeroexpress from Savelevskiy Vokzal is a dream. It gets you to the airport in 30 minutes, for RUR250, while the drive can take anywhere up to 2 hours. ^
The bad news is that Aeroexpress train drops you off in a mini-shopping mall (complete with Starbucks and Accessorise and a variety of clothes shops), 10 minutes walk from SVO-2 (presumably closer to the new SVO-3, but not great to walking to SVO-2 with luggage).
The new security arrangements are a nighmare. Instead of going through security at the gate, there is now general security for all, immediately after passport control. With one scanner open, and the most inefficient security you could imagine, the queue for security was back to the immigration booths, preventing anyone from going through passport control. And the with AY156 going out the same time as an Air China flight, it was chaos there, and took over half an hour to get through.
The "First Class" is even more filthy than it ever was - the left hand side is now closed, so everyone was crammed in the right hand side, which looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months.
I wish AY would move to DME.
The bad news is that Aeroexpress train drops you off in a mini-shopping mall (complete with Starbucks and Accessorise and a variety of clothes shops), 10 minutes walk from SVO-2 (presumably closer to the new SVO-3, but not great to walking to SVO-2 with luggage).
The new security arrangements are a nighmare. Instead of going through security at the gate, there is now general security for all, immediately after passport control. With one scanner open, and the most inefficient security you could imagine, the queue for security was back to the immigration booths, preventing anyone from going through passport control. And the with AY156 going out the same time as an Air China flight, it was chaos there, and took over half an hour to get through.
The "First Class" is even more filthy than it ever was - the left hand side is now closed, so everyone was crammed in the right hand side, which looks like it hasn't been cleaned in months.
I wish AY would move to DME.
Oct 25, 2008, 12:45 am
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Oct 27, 2008, 10:59 am
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Oct 27, 2008, 11:03 am
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AY has only ever given me a pass for the First Class (DATE) lounge, which is horrid.
The Classic Lounge is slightly more pleasant, but has even less to eat/drink.
I think they list the 2, as the SVO authorities may decide to have AY use one or the other. But I have only ever seen the First Class Lounge used for AY.