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Connection time at SVO

I am planning to travel from DEL to AMS via SVO on Aeroflot on business class reward. Is 70 minutes at SVO sufficient for connection. What is reliability of IL96 aircraft from DEL to SVO.

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Originally Posted by hyho61 (Post 7905335)

I am planning to travel from DEL to AMS via SVO on Aeroflot on business class reward. Is 70 minutes at SVO sufficient for connection. What is reliability of IL96 aircraft from DEL to SVO.

Haven't been in SVO for almost 3 yrs, but 70 minutes doesn't sound like a lot of time. SVO is a bad experience, but given that you are only transiting you shouldn't go through the worse.

As you don't have to change between terminals, it should be OK. If the incoming flight is late thy should put you on a later flight to AMS (there are three a day - not that many)

"Very Poor" on-time performance

According to Flightstats, the on-time performance on this route is very poor--52% on time, rest with average delays from 45 minutes - 10 hours. With Aeroflot's current loads, I would book a later connecting flight.

Im equally concerned about a 1 hour connection in SVO between DXB and CDG, but perhaps they would put me on a later flight if there is a delay. Do these flights operate into/out of the same terminal? Or will the new SkyTeam terminal be complete later this year?

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Originally Posted by SkyTeam777 (Post 8520278)

You will be departing from the same terminal (SVO-3 isn't expected to be ready until next year), and SU has up to 10 daily flights to Paris:

[KVS Availability Tool 2.9.2/Platinum - Amadeus: Timetable/NL-BCDF]

Code:

MOW  Moscow Metro RU = SVO DME VKO BKA

PAR  Paris Metro FR = BVA CDG ORY

MON  29 Oct 2007 - 05 Nov 2007



Carrier   Flight From Depart    To   Arrive    A/C  St   Frequency | Dur'n | Dep T | Arr T | Effect | Ending | Exceptions

--------- ------ ---- --------- ---- --------- ---- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 

SU/AF     445    SVO  07:20     CDG  09:15     320  0    1234567     03:55       2      2E   29 Oct   30 Mar

SU        253    SVO  08:40     CDG  10:45     EQV  0    12-4-6-     04:05       2      2C   29 Oct   05 Nov

SU        249    SVO  08:40     CDG  10:45     320  0    --3-5-7     04:05       2      2C   28 Oct   28 Mar

SU        259    SVO  10:30     CDG  12:30     320  0    1234567     04:00       2      2C   28 Oct   12 Nov

SU        251    SVO  13:05     CDG  15:00     321  0    1234567     03:55       2      2C   28 Oct   29 Mar

SU/AF     441    SVO  14:00     CDG  15:55     318  0    1234567     03:55       2      2E   28 Oct   27 Dec

SU/AF     447    SVO  16:10     CDG  18:05     320  0    1234567     03:55       2      2E   28 Oct   29 Dec

SU        576    SVO  18:55     CDG  20:40     EQV  0    -23-5-7     03:45       2      2C   29 Oct   05 Nov

SU/AF     483    SVO  19:30     CDG  21:25     320  0    1234567     03:55       2      2C

SU/AF     449    SVO  19:35     CDG  21:30     EQV  0    1234567     03:55       2      2E   29 Oct   05 Nov

SU        257    SVO  21:20     CDG  23:20     320  0    1--4-6-     04:00       2      2C   29 Oct   29 Dec

DXB-CDG in one hour is a tight connection

Skyteam, as KVS said there are several flights a day between SVO-CDG, and at least currently the flights are in the same terminal.

The one hour connection is tight (I wouldn't book anything with less than a 2 hour layover for clients). I don't know if you are traveling both segments on the same ticket (and can't remember the legal connection time at SVO--most systems have it incorrect), but if this is on two tickets, you easily could miss the flight and have little recourse in getting put on a later flight at no charge. Also, the flights do have high load factors (depending on time of year, day of week, and fare class).

Marc David Miller